Another word for henpecked
henpecked
Synonyms
henpecked
modif.
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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