HENPECKED

a.Governed by the wife.

henpecked

henpecked adjective the prosecution characterized him as a henpecked husband who finally snapped: browbeaten, downtrodden, bullied, dominated, subjugated, oppressed, intimidated; meek, timid, cringing, long-suffering; informal under someone's thumb. ANTONYMS domineering.

henpecked

henpecked adjective he was a henpecked husband at the end of his tether: browbeaten, downtrodden, bullied, dominated, nagged, subjugated, oppressed, repressed, intimidated, ground down, without a mind of one's own, tied to someone's apron strings, under someone's heel; meek, timid, docile, cringing, cowering, abject; informal under someone's thumb, led by the nose, treated like dirt. ANTONYMS domineering.

henpecked

h é n p è cked /-t /形容詞 ｟くだけて 非難して ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗女房の言いなりになっている, 妻のしりに敷かれた ▸ a henpecked husband 妻のしりに敷かれた亭主