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henpecked

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈhɛnpɛkt/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Intimidated or overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing matriarch, wife, or girlfriend.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: particularly of husbands or boyfriends

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

harassed by persistent nagging

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dominated

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From hen + pecked.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: amcıq əskisi — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Azerbaijani: arvadağız — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Catalan: bajoc — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Catalan: calçasses — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Chinese Mandarin: 怕老婆的 (pàlǎopó de) — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Chinese Mandarin: 懼內的 /惧内的 (jùnèi de) — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Czech: pod pantoflem — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Danish: i sin hule hånd — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Danish: tøffelhelt — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Finnish: tossun alla — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Finnish: tossutettu — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • French: jobard — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • French: la femme porte la culotte — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • French: dominé par sa femme — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • German: unter dem Pantoffel — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • German: Pantoffelheld — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Hungarian: papucs — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Hungarian: tutyimutyi — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Italian: soggiogato — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Italian: sottomesso — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Italian: plagiato — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Italian: asservito — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Japanese: 女房天下 (nyōbō tenka) — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Japanese: 二本棒 (nihonbō) — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Japanese: 鼻下長 (bikachō) — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Latin: uxorius — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Macedonian: папучар (papučar) — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Norman: dêbraiesi — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tøffelhelt — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tøffelhelt — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Persian: زنذلیل (zan-zalil) — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Polish: pod pantoflem — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Polish: pantoflarz — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Polish: pozbadnięty — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Portuguese: mandado — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Russian: под башмако́м (pod bašmakóm) — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Russian: под каблуко́м (pod kablukóm) — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Russian: подкаблу́чник (podkablúčnik) — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Scottish Gaelic: fo mhaide na poite — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Scottish Gaelic: piteag — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Spanish: calzonazos — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Spanish: planchabragas — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Spanish: mandilón — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Spanish: macabeo — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Spanish: pollerudo — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Spanish: pisado — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Swedish: toffel — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Swedish: toffelhjälte — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Swedish: tofflad — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Tagalog: ander de saya — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
  • Turkish: kılıbık — plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife