What Is a Hen Pecker?
(Hɛnpɛkt ) Also Hen-Pecked. Adjective [Usu Adj N] You Use Henpecked to Describe a Man When You Disapprove of the Fact That Someone, Often His Partner, Is...
(hɛnpɛkt ) also hen-pecked. adjective [usu ADJ n] You use henpecked to describe a man when you disapprove of the fact that someone, often his partner, is always telling him what to do or telling him that he has done something wrong.
What does Hen Pecker mean?
1 : one that pecks. 2 chiefly British : courage.
Is henpecked a bad word?
The idiom henpecked is a rude adjective to describe someone (usually a man) who is perpetually bullied or nagged by another (usually a wife or girlfriend).
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