Crossword-Solution: HENPECK
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Henpeck | v. t. | To subject to petty authority; -- said of a wife who thus treats her husband. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively). |
We have 22 clues for the answer “HENPECK”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Boss husband | 1 answer |
| live a cat-and-dog life | 1 answer |
| Treat the way Maggie treats Jiggs. | 1 answer |
| Subject to petty attempts to rule. | 1 answer |
| Scold one's spouse | 1 answer |
| Of a woman, continually criticise a husband | 1 answer |
| Nag persistently | 1 answer |
| Harry the hubby | 1 answer |
| Harry hubby | 1 answer |
| Harry at home | 1 answer |
| Be shrewish | 2 answers |
| Play the shrew. | 2 answers |
| Nag, nag, nag | 9 answers |
| BE A NAG | 12 answers |
| CARP at | 13 answers |
| ALTERCATE | 18 answers |
| Browbeat. | 30 answers |
| find fault | 36 answers |
| BADGER ___ | 60 answers |
| Carp | 64 answers |
| Nag | 65 answers |
| Fuss | 71 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with HENPECK (5)
MARIA Do not reflect upon my mother's memory, Sir-- VAN ROUGH Why not, Mary, why not? She kept me from speaking my mind all her life, and do you think she shall henpeck me now she is dead too? Come, come; don't go to sniveling; be a good girl, and mind the main chance.
The husband of the one dollar variety was more or less of a henpeck because he could not multiply his income by five and produce a concrete result.
When it became hubby's duty to cook the meals and carry half of them to bed for his better half every morning before breakfast he began to taste silly and smell sort of henpeck like.
The verb _henpeck_, to describe the teasing of her husband by a disagreeable wife, comes, of course, from the idea of the continual pecking of a hen.
Stanza 17._ But, oh ye lords of ladies intellectual, Inform us truly,--have they not henpeck'd you all? _Don Juan.
Quotes with HENPECK (1)
I intend to marry Michael, and squander all his money and run his life, and make sure he never again consorts with wicked women or gambles with licentious men. I promise I will henpeck him until he has no life beyond what I allow him, and when we die, I will lie in his arms through all eternity.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP.
Used 20 times in crossword archives (1952–2022).