henpecked

English

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛnpɛkt/
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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: hen‧pecked

Adjective

henpecked (comparative more henpecked, superlative most henpecked)

1. (particularly of husbands or boyfriends) Intimidated or overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing wife or girlfriend.
   • 1884, Henry James, "The Author of Beltraffio" in The English Illustrated Magazine 1 (9–10) (June–July 1884).

     "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."

Synonyms

• pussywhipped
• under the thumb
• uxorious

Translations

plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 怕老婆的 (pàlǎopó-de), 懼內的／惧内的 (zh), 惧内的 (zh) (jùnèi-de)

• Czech: pod pantoflem
• Danish: i sin hule hånd, tøffelhelt (da)
• Finnish: tossun alla, tossutettu
• French: jobard (fr) m, la femme porte la culotte, dominé par sa femme
• German: unter dem Pantoffel, Pantoffelheld (de) m (a henpecked husband)
• Hungarian: papucs (hu), tutyimutyi (hu)
• Japanese: 女房天下 (にょうぼうてんか, nyōbō-tenka), 二本棒 (にほんぼう, nihonbō), 鼻下長 (びかちょう, bikachō)
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• Macedonian: папучар m (pápučar)
• Norman: dêbraiesi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tøffelhelt (no) m

• Polish: pod pantoflem
• Portuguese: mandado (pt)
• Russian: под башмако́м (pod bašmakóm), под каблуко́м (ru) (pod kablukóm), подкаблу́чник (ru) (podkablúčnik) (noun)
• Spanish: (Spain) calzonazos (es) m, (Mexico) mandilón (es) m, (Chile) macabeo (es) m, (Bolivia, Río de la Plata) pollerudo (es) m, (Peru) pisado (es), (Spain) calzonazos (es) m, planchabragas m
• Turkish: kılıbık (tr)

See also

• to wear the pants