henpecked

henpecked
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. hag-ridden; browbeaten, nagged, hounded; led by the nose, jumping through hoops.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. dominated by one's wife, in fear of one's wife, subjected to nagging, browbeaten, intimidated, passive, constrained, compliant, in bondage, yielding, without freedom or independence, acquiescent, in subjection, subject, obedient, resigned, submissive, wife-ridden, docile, meek, cringing, unresisting, unassertive, led by the nose*, under one's thumb*, at one's beck and call*, tied to one's apron strings*, nagged*, in harness*; see also dependent 2 , subordinate , timid 1 , 2 .

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