henpecked
adjective
disapprovinguk/ˈhen.pekt/us/ˈhen.pekt/A henpecked man iscontrolledby and a littlefrightenedof a woman,especiallyhiswife.
惧内的，妻管严的Examplesofhenpecked
henpecked
Men who failed to live up to this ideal, such ashenpeckedor cuckolded husbands, were subject to ritual mockery.
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That is not good news forhenpeckedhusbands!
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Everyone knows what ahenpeckedcharacter he is.
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I am beinghenpeckedall the afternoon.
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Ahenpeckedhusband attempts to escape from his domineering wife.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A triflehenpeckedby his masterful wife, he spends most of his time in his counting-house.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Describing himself as the man with the cardigan, his doleful looks ensured that he was usually cast ashenpeckedhusbands, petty officials or interfering busybodies.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He is depicted as a simple-minded, naivehenpeckedhusband who pretends to be ultra male chauvinistic and always get in funny situations because of it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The dark and grotesque story of a married couple: the wife - a mechanical monster made up of iron parts, and herhenpeckedhusband.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Regardless of the source, they were cautionary tales ofhenpeckedhusbands.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.But, they are totallyhenpecked.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Willie is thehenpeckedhusband another music hall stable not entirely silent perhaps.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Harry sometimes appears to be ratherhenpecked.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Woodrow was massively inebriated and somewhathenpecked.
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