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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -henpecked-, *henpecked*, henpeck, henpecke
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English-Thai: Nontri Dictionary
henpecked(adj) ที่กลัวภรรยา, ที่ถูกด่าว่า

ตัวอย่างประโยคจาก Tanaka JP-EN Corpus
henpeckedA man who asks his wife's permission before taking any action except breathing is a henpecked husband.

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
henpecked

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
henpecked

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary
Pantoffelheld { m } | unter dem Pantoffel stehendhenpecked husband | to be henpecked [Add to Longdo]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
女房天下[にょうぼうてんか, nyouboutenka] (n) husband being henpecked; house where the wife is the boss; petticoat government [Add to Longdo]
二本棒[にほんぼう, nihonbou] (n) simpleton; henpecked husband; sniveler; sniveller [Add to Longdo]
鼻下長[びかちょう, bikachou] (n) amorous man; henpecked husband [Add to Longdo]

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  henpeck \hen"peck`\, hen-peck \hen"-peck`\(h[e^]n"p[e^]k`), v.
     t. [imp. & p. p. {Henpecked} (h[e^]n"p[e^]kt`); p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Henpecking}.]
     To bother persistently with trivial complaints; to subject to
     petty authority; -- said of a woman who thus treats her male
     companion, especially of wives who thus dominate their
     husbands. Commonly used in the past participle (often
     adjectively); as, henpecked for years, he finally left her.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  henpecked
      adj 1: harassed by persistent nagging [syn: {dominated},
             {henpecked}]

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