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