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henpecked 音标拼音: [h'ɛnp,ɛkt] a. 怕老婆的,惧内的,老婆当家的 怕老婆的,惧内的,老婆当家的 henpecked adj 1: harassed by persistent nagging [synonym: {dominated}, {henpecked}] henpeck \hen"peck`\, hen-peck \hen"-peck`\(h[e^]n"p[e^]k`), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Henpecked} (h[e^]n"p[e^]kt`); p. pr. & vb. n. {Henpecking}.] To bother persistently with trivial complaints; to subject to petty authority; -- said of a woman who thus treats her male companion, especially of wives who thus dominate their husbands. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively); as, henpecked for years, he finally left her. [1913 Webster PJC] 19 Moby Thesaurus words for "henpecked":
abused, browbeaten, downtrod, downtrodden, ground down, in leading strings, misused, on a leash, on a string, oppressed, ordered around, overborne, regimented, servile, slavish, submissive, trampled, tyrannized, unmanned
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