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henpecked 音标拼音: [h'ɛnp ,ɛkt] a. 怕老婆的,惧内的,老婆当家的 怕老婆的,惧内的,老婆当家的 henpecked adj 1: harassed by persistent nagging [ synonym: { dominated}, { henpecked}] 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] 19 Moby Thesaurus words for " henpecked": 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
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