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/ˈhɛnpɛkt/ · adjective
(particularly of husbands or boyfriends) Intimidated or overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing matriarch, wife, or girlfriend..
"I noticed that he addressed her as 'My dear,' very genially, without any trace of resentment.... The quickness of the transition made me vaguely ask myself whether he were henpecked,—a shocking conjecture, which I instantly dismissed."
Use hen pecked when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hen pecked means (particularly of husbands or boyfriends) Intimidated or overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing matriarch, wife, or girlfriend..
Common synonyms include pussywhipped, under the thumb, uxorious, submissive.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"I noticed that he addressed her as 'My dear,' very genially, without any trace of resentment.... The quickness of the transition made me vaguely ask myself whether he were henpecked,—a shocking conjecture, which I instantly dismissed."
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