Usually means: Constantly nagged and dominated, usually.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word henpecked:

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  1. henpecked: Merriam-Webster
  2. henpecked: Collins English Dictionary
  3. henpecked: Vocabulary.com
  4. Henpecked, henpecked: Wordnik
  5. henpecked: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. henpecked: Wiktionary
  7. henpecked: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Henpecked, henpecked: Dictionary.com
  9. Henpecked: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Henpecked: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. henpecked: Rhymezone
  12. henpecked: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. henpecked: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. henpecked: FreeDictionary.org
  15. henpecked: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. henpecked: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. henpecked: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  18. henpecked: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. henpecked: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (particularly of husbands or boyfriends) Intimidated or overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing matriarch, wife, or girlfriend.

Similar:
submissive, dominated, matriarchal, daughtered, bedaughtered, housewifelike, marital, housewifish, uxorious, mothered, more...

Opposite:
dominant, assertive, unsubmissive, unyielding, confident

Types:
cuckolded, pussy-whipped, bullied, dominated, more...



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Similar:
submissive, dominated, matriarchal, daughtered, bedaughtered, housewifelike, marital, housewifish, uxorious, mothered, more...

Opposite:
dominant, assertive, unsubmissive, unyielding, confident

Types:
cuckolded, pussy-whipped, bullied, dominated, more...



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