doghoused

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adjective

Synonym of in the doghouse (“subject to someone's anger and disapproval, especially one's spouse”).

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in the doghouse
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Meanings

adjectivedoghoused (not comparable)
  1. informalnot comparableSynonym of in the doghouse (“subject to someone's anger and disapproval, especially one's spouse”).

    'I'm doghoused and I don't know why. She's in there bawling.'

    2014, John D. MacDonald, The Crossroads
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    […] gathering the bedding from the sofa like a doghoused husband, he'd make a spot for us while he went about his morning ablutions […]

    2013, Christopher Hacker, The Morels

    Synonyms: in the doghouse

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSynonym of in the doghouse (“subject to someone's anger and disapproval, especially one's spouse”).

Similar
in the doghouse
Also see
in the doghouse

Origin

From doghouse + -ed.

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APA

doghoused. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doghoused

MLA

“doghoused.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doghoused. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doghoused,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doghoused.

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