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What is another word for henpecking?

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Contexts

To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

Present participle for to continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way

Present participle for to rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly

Verb

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To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

rubbing up the wrong way

driving to distraction

getting someone's goat

getting under your skin

getting up your nose

giving someone grief

giving someone the hump

hacking off

making your blood boil

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting someone's dander up

getting your back up

hacking you off

heating up

making someone see red

getting on your nerves

giving someone the pip

putting your back up

hitting where one lives

putting someone's nose out of joint

rubbing the wrong way

getting your dander up

putting out

rattling someone's cage

getting your goat

ruffling one's feathers

getting up someone's nose

making somebody's hackles rise

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

getting on one's nerves

hurting somebody's feelings

putting someone off their stroke

setting someone back on their heels

tantalizing^US

putting someone off their stride

making someone scratch their head

weighing on

eating at

putting out of countenance

tantalising^UK

getting your hackles up

getting down

jangling

driving bananas

causing to be at a stand

stopping someone in their tracks

causing someone to lose their composure

breathing down someone's neck

dumping on

bending someone's ear

rubbing you up the wrong way

keeping after

hanging up

driving you up the wall

getting someone's wick

galvanizing^US

taking the wind out of your sails

causing anguish

going to your head

sticking in one's craw

making sad

throwing a curve

setting one's teeth on edge

causing discomfort to

knocking the stuffing out of

galvanising^UK

making self-conscious

making someone's hackles rise

getting someone's hackles up

getting in someone's hair

trying someone's patience

getting on someone's nerves

ruffling someone's feathers

getting under someone's skin

getting on someone's tits

getting someone's back up

trying the patience of

sending into a rage

pushing someon's buttons

setting someone's teeth on edge

quickening

making restless

sweating out

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

treading on someone's toes

laboring^US

labouring^UK

sending over the edge

making an enemy of somebody

catching unawares

getting on the wrong side of

getting across someone

bringing pressure to bear on

leaning on

putting pressure on

pressurising^UK

pushing the buttons of

making your gorge rise

hurting the feelings of

causing someone distress

offending morals of

causing pain

abominating

filling with loathing

dementing

pulling the rug out from under

pulling the rug from under

making your head spin

messing with one's head

making punchy

setting someone thinking

causing inconvenience to

creating difficulties for

paralysing^UK

inflicting anguish on

throwing into a tizzy

hitting like ton of bricks

raising someone's eyebrows

completely surprising

shaking out of your complacency

paralyzing^US

balking^US

giving someone bother

causing someone difficulty

making someone go out of his way

baulking^UK

upsetting the applecart

sweeping someone off their feet

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

bringing tears to your eyes

dampening spirits

breaking someone's heart

making someone fed up

harshing someone's mellow

giving someone the blues

tugging at your heartstrings

satirizing^US

satirising^UK

pulling someone's leg

putting on

slinging off at

taking the piss out of

lighting a fire under

whipping up

whetting one's appetite

getting going

firing the enthusiasm of

firing the imagination of

pepping up

spurring on

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Verb

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Present participle for to continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

keeping complaining to

searching high heaven

breathing down someone's neck

carping at

moaning on at

bending someone's ear

busting someone's balls

agonizing^US

getting on your nerves

agonising^UK

victimizing^US

terrorizing^US

victimising^UK

terrorising^UK

driving round the bend

making things hot for someone

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

rubbing up the wrong way

ill-treating

discriminating against

tyrannizing^US

tyrannising^UK

driving round the twist

making somebody's hackles rise

making it hot for someone

putting up to

bumming out

getting across

giving someone the hump

making someone see red

getting under your skin

getting on the nerves of

taking the piss out of

belabouring^UK

insisting on

disparaging

getting in the hair of

singling out

getting your hackles up

getting your dander up

making your blood boil

ruffling one's feathers

trying your patience

getting up someone's nose

driving crazy

showing ill will towards

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

putting pressure on

bringing pressure to bear on

getting on one's nerves

messing with

driving you up the wall

galvanizing^US

belaboring^US

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

galvanising^UK

having your knife into

putting the squeeze on

causing anguish to

dissing

barracking

lighting a fire under

firing the enthusiasm of

firing the imagination of

getting going

getting someone going

jumping on one's case

inflicting suffering on

giving the needle

sticking the knife into

getting the knife into

more ❯

“Was it possible that she might not be going to henpeck him after all?”

Verb

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Present participle for to rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly

domineering

dominating

tyrannising^UK

tyrannizing^US

terrorising^UK

terrorizing^US

riding roughshod over

using strong-arm tactics on

keeping under thumb

lording over

running things

putting the screws on

being in the saddle

ruling with an iron hand

leading by the nose

pushing the buttons

throwing your weight around

ruling with a rod of iron

bending to your will

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