Meanings
comparative more pussywhipped · superlative most pussywhipped · alternative pussy-whipped · alternative pussy whipped
- slangvulgarSubmissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner, frequently with the connotation that this submissive behavior is for the prospect of sex.
Our first impression of Norman is that he's a nice guy, a little pussywhipped with perhaps a few issues, but nobody dangerous.
2004 December 1, “Psycho vs. Psycho”, in filmthreat.com, retrieved 11 Nov 20103 more examples
"Pussy-whip" is marriage in its ideal condition. I am pussy-whipped and I am proud! […] Any man with responsibilities, any man with a family is pussy-whipped.
1990, Jules Feiffer, Elliot Loves, page 32"You have bad taste in women if you picked one who doesn't trust you enough to let you keep your friends. Or you must be the most pussy-whipped man in New York."
1993, Deborah Smith, Blue Willow, →ISBN, page 167I hear your president and prime minister, and the chairmen from the Green League, Social Democratic Party and Christian Democrats are all women. Whopa! Pussy-whipped much, Sauna Boy?
2010 June 23, “Pussy Whipped”, in Scandinavia and the World (comic)Synonyms: cowed, henpecked, under the thumb, uxorious, whipped
alternative pussy-whipped · alternative pussy whipped
- participlepastpast participle of pussywhip
Much as it pains a feminist such as myself to say so, Beckham has been grotesquely, massively pussywhipped by his talentless, ambition-hound of a wife.
2003 June 14, Paul Daley, John Mangan, quoting Julie Burchill, “Can Becks really get the boot?”, in The Age
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSubmissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner, frequently with the connotation that this submissive behavior is for the prospect of sex.
Origin
First attested 1956. From pussy and whipped.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 怕老婆的
- 怕老婆的 (pàlǎopó de)submissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
Czech pod pantoflem
- pod pantoflemsubmissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
Danish under tøflen, tøffelhelt
- under tøflensubmissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
- tøffelheltsubmissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
Estonian tuhvlialune
- tuhvlialunesubmissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
Finnish tossun alla, tossutettu
- tossun allasubmissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
- tossutettusubmissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
German unter dem Pantoffel, Pantoffelheld
- unter dem Pantoffelsubmissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
- Pantoffelheldsubmissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
Hungarian papucs, papucsférj
- papucssubmissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
- papucsférjsubmissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
Japanese 女房天下, 二本棒
- 女房天下 (nyōbō tenka)submissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
- 二本棒 (nihonbō)submissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
- 鼻下長 (bikachō)submissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
Norwegian Bokmål kjerringstyrt, fittestyrt
- kjerringstyrtsubmissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
- fittestyrtsubmissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
Persian کسخل
- کسخل (kos-xol)submissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
Polish pod pantoflem
- pod pantoflemsubmissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
Russian под башмако́м, под каблуко́м
- под башмако́м (pod bašmakóm)submissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
- под каблуко́м (pod kablukóm)submissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
- подкаблу́чник (podkablúčnik)submissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
Scottish Gaelic piteag
- piteagsubmissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
Spanish calzonazos, macabeo
- calzonazossubmissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
- macabeosubmissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
- pollerudosubmissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
- mandilónsubmissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
- planchabragassubmissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner
Cite this entry
pussywhipped. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pussywhipped
“pussywhipped.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pussywhipped. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pussywhipped,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pussywhipped.
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