HENPECKING Synonyms

• a severe rebuke

• the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something

• noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others

• rebuking a person harshly

• discouraging through fear

• continually complaining or faultfinding

• causing irritation or annoyance

• rebuking a person harshly

• aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing

• abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule

• be bossy towards

• discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

• find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws

• act as a critic

• a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers

• a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade

• a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole

• come back to

• play the harp

• any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears

• someone who is morally reprehensible

• pursue or chase relentlessly

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

• cause to suffer

• an act or expression of criticism and censure

• censure severely or angrily