Usually means: Persistently criticizing and controlling spouse.
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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word henpecking:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. henpecking: Merriam-Webster
  2. henpecking: Collins English Dictionary
  3. henpecking: Wiktionary
  4. Henpecking, henpecking: Dictionary.com
  5. Henpecking: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. Henpecking: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. henpecking: FreeDictionary.org
  8. henpecking: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Henpecking: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade

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▸ noun:  An instance of somebody being henpecked; nagging.

Similar:
submissive, dominated, henpeckery, pecking, nagging, heckling, pegging, jawing, haranguing, pester power, more...

Opposite:
husbanding, spousing, cherishing, adoring

Types:
nagging, pestering, harassing, badgering, prodding, needling, goading, berating, more...

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Similar:
submissive, dominated, henpeckery, pecking, nagging, heckling, pegging, jawing, haranguing, pester power, more...

Opposite:
husbanding, spousing, cherishing, adoring

Types:
nagging, pestering, harassing, badgering, prodding, needling, goading, berating, more...



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