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Last updated Dec 02 2016.
zbeckabee
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zbeckabee Moderator 19 year member
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Synonyms for henpecked - abused, browbeaten, downtrod, downtrodden, ground down, in leading strings, misused, on a leash, on a string, oppressed, ordered around, overborne, regimented, servile, slavish, submissive, trampled, tyrannized, unmanned. http://freethesaurus.net/s.php?q=henpecked
Response last updated by LadyNym on Dec 02 2016.
Oct 18 2008, 4:33 PM
author
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Well, in Norway we have the expression "tøffelhelt", which means "slipper hero". I was looking for something similar to that.
Oct 18 2008, 6:07 PM
zbeckabee
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zbeckabee Moderator 19 year member
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Well, I suppose "door mat" or "doormat" would work.
Slang -- One who submits meekly to domination or mistreatment by others.
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Oct 19 2008, 8:28 AM
persephone1963
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persephone1963
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Tis cuckold methinks
Oct 19 2008, 9:44 AM
Baloo55th
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Baloo55th 22 year member
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Cuckold is not quite the same. That refers to the cuckoo's custom of leaving its eggs for others to hatch, and refers to the (strictly, unknowing) husband of an unfaithful wife. Whether she henpecks him or not is immaterial. If a husband does know what's going on and accepts it, he can be called a wittol (but not to his face if he's bigger than you....). http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cuckold
Oct 19 2008, 9:51 AM
queproblema
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A henpecked husband might by nature be a Caspar Milquetoast, but the two words are not synonymous. Some henpecked husbands are submissive only to their wives and quite assertive with others.