Hen-peck (Verb)
Meaning
Bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- Her husband often feels hen-pecked by his wife's constant demands for household chores.
- The mother hen-pecks her children all day with reminders to clean up their toys.
- His wife's constant nagging makes him feel hen-pecked and annoyed.
- She hen-pecks her brother about his messy room and untidy clothes every single day.
- The father feels hen-pecked by his wife's persistent reminder to take out the trash.