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Is there another word for ‘henpecked husband’?

Question #100327. Asked by author.
Last updated Dec 02 2016.

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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.
link http://freethesaurus.net/s.php?q=henpecked

Response last updated by LadyNym on Dec 02 2016.
Oct 18 2008, 4:33 PM
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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
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Well, I suppose "door mat" or "doormat" would work.

Slang -- One who submits meekly to domination or mistreatment by others.

link http://www.thefreedictionary.com/doormat

Response last updated by LadyNym on Dec 02 2016.
Oct 19 2008, 8:28 AM
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Tis cuckold methinks

Oct 19 2008, 9:44 AM
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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....). link http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cuckold

Oct 19 2008, 9:51 AM
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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.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Milquetoast

Just for fun, henpecked husbands are men who married a harridan, fishwife, fury, harpy, shrew, termagant, vixen, beldame, or scold.

A friend of mine says, "She runs him like a vacuum cleaner."

A close perusal of "Rip van Winkle" could yield a term.
link http://www.bartleby.com/195/4.html

Oct 19 2008, 11:33 AM
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