Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to henpeck
Participle: henpecked
Gerund: henpecking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | henpeck |
| you | henpeck |
| he;she;it | henpecks |
| we | henpeck |
| you | henpeck |
| they | henpeck |
Perfect
| I | have henpecked |
| you | have henpecked |
| he;she;it | has henpecked |
| we | have henpecked |
| you | have henpecked |
| they | have henpecked |
Past
| I | henpecked |
| you | henpecked |
| he;she;it | henpecked |
| we | henpecked |
| you | henpecked |
| they | henpecked |
Pluperfect
| I | had henpecked |
| you | had henpecked |
| he;she;it | had henpecked |
| we | had henpecked |
| you | had henpecked |
| they | had henpecked |
Future
| I | will henpeck |
| you | will henpeck |
| he;she;it | will henpeck |
| we | will henpeck |
| you | will henpeck |
| they | will henpeck |
Future Perfect
| I | will have henpecked |
| you | will have henpecked |
| he;she;it | will have henpecked |
| we | will have henpecked |
| you | will have henpecked |
| they | will have henpecked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | henpeck |
| you | henpeck |
| he;she;it | henpeck |
| we | henpeck |
| you | henpeck |
| they | henpeck |
Perfect
| I | have henpecked |
| you | have henpecked |
| he;she;it | have henpecked |
| we | have henpecked |
| you | have henpecked |
| they | have henpecked |
Imperfect
| I | henpecked |
| you | henpecked |
| he;she;it | henpecked |
| we | henpecked |
| you | henpecked |
| they | henpecked |
Pluperfect
| I | had henpecked |
| you | had henpecked |
| he;she;it | had henpecked |
| we | had henpecked |
| you | had henpecked |
| they | had henpecked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would henpeck |
| you | would henpeck |
| he;she;it | would henpeck |
| we | would henpeck |
| you | would henpeck |
| they | would henpeck |
Perfect
| I | would have henpecked |
| you | would have henpecked |
| he;she;it | would have henpecked |
| we | would have henpecked |
| you | would have henpecked |
| they | would have henpecked |
Imperative
| you | henpeck |
| we | Let's henpeck |
| you | henpeck |
Verbs conjugated like 'henpeck'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'henpeck'
respeck,
bedeck,
befleck,
begeck,
bespeak,
bewreck,
depack,
despect,
enlock,
enspect,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From hen + peck.
Sample Sentences
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But—Oh! ye lords of ladies intellectual, Inform us truly, have they not hen-peck'd you all? [1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto I, (please specify the stanza number):]
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He wears a beard, and he likes his women to be slaves. What man doesn’t? What man would be henpecked, I say? We will cut off all the heads in Christendom or Turkeydom rather than that. [1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter LIV, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:]
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I don't want to hen-peck you ! Hen-pecking is shocking bad taste. But I won't be a slighted, neglected wife; I have a spirit of my own, and I won't meekly submit to be ignored. [1876, Emma Jane Worboise, “The Countess at Home”, in Lady Clarissa, London: James Clarke & Co., […]; Hodder and Stoughton, […], →OCLC, page 192:]
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Well, one never hears a woman boast that she henpecks her husband, even though there are many, for the reason that she realizes it is wrong. [1945, Pierre Paul Ebeyer, Gems of the Vieux Carre, page 77:]
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We have friends who thought it was cute when their daughter "hen-pecked" her husband. But, when their son married a spicy little gal who tried to hen-peck their son, they were very angry. [1995, Betty Malz, Women in Tune, page 88:]
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Laura didn't have to hen-peck the man; he was a self-made wimp. [2014, Jaqueline Girdner, A Sensitive Kind of Murder:]
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Mrs Allsop and her bar-blue brother travelled well together in good times, but after they ducketed she would chase him from niche to niche, henpecking him while Monte tried to collar them and collect their rings. [1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 104:]