Learn English – the wife of a henpecked husband called

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henpecked [hen-pekt]
adjective
1. browbeaten, bullied, or intimidated by one's wife, girlfriend, etc.:
a henpecked husband who never dared to contradict his wife.

What is the wife of a henpecked husband called? (word or phrase) (in regards to her browbeating/bullying, her husband)

It might not be henpecker since henpecked seems to have the etymology of "pecked by the hen".

Sample sentence:

That woman is a henpecker.

Best Answer

You might go with a word that was well-understood in the Shakespearean era:

shrew
2: an ill-tempered scolding woman
definition from m-w.com

Thus the henpecked husband could say "I didn't realize it at the time but I soon discovered that I'd married a real shrew."