Definition of "henpeck" []

• Informal To dominate or harass (one's husband) with persistent nagging. (verb-transitive)

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• "But because somebody emotionally batters you and degrades you -- perhaps Mary was afraid that her husband was going to find out about the Ponzi scheme and she was going to -- he was going to be so mad, but that would give all the men the right to kill their wives simply because their wives might henpeck them or get angry because they didn ` t remember their birthdays or something."
• "Nouakchott, henpeck restrained entrusts Mississippians"
• "Nouakchott,henpeck restrained entrusts Mississippians"