Monday, June 17, 2013

Ghost Stories - Hunch - Henpecked - Termagant




The muscles of his back and shoulders seemed to be hunched in a continual nervous contraction, as if he were expecting every moment to find himself in the clutch of an enemy.



Hunch: It has two main meanings: 
1. To bend, for example, the shoulders.
2. A strong intuitive feeling concerning especially a future event or result, something you think is going to happen, with no concrete arguments.


An unbearably henpecked husband

Henpeck: To dominate or harass (one's husband) with persistent complaining. It refers specfically to the wife that dominates and torments his husband.




A more formidable persecutor than a termagant wife

Termagant: It is synonym of tormenting or annoying, a henpecked husband has a termagant wife.



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