'Henpecked' definitions:
Definition of 'henpecked'
From: WordNet
adjective
Harassed by persistent nagging [syn: dominated, henpecked]
Definition of 'Henpecked'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'henpecked'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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