henpecked

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Particularly of husbands, plagued or overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing wife

The bar became a haven for henpecked husbands to go to commiserate.

{a} governed by a wife, dejected, mean
harassed by persistent nagging
a man who is henpecked is always being told what to do by his wife, and is afraid to disagree with her
{s} intimidated, being nagged
henpeck
To nag persistently

Oh! ye lords of ladies intellectual, / Inform us truly, have they not hen-peck'd you all?.

henpeck
to worry or harass by ill temper and petty annoyances
henpeck
Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively)
henpeck
{f} (about a wife) intimidate or bully one's husband
henpeck
To subject to petty authority; said of a wife who thus treats her husband
henpecked
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