wife-beating
wife-beating adjective: prone to physically assaulting one's wife. Also the alternative form of wifebeating.
Adjective
wife-beating (comparative more wife-beating, superlative most wife-beating)
- Prone to physically assaulting one's wife.
- The Mishnah's mention of injuries inflicted on a woman by a man can refer to an assailant outside the family and to inadvertent assault, but the phrase surely includes a wife-beating husband, too.2009, Frederick E. Greenspahn, Women and Judaism: New Insights and Scholarship, page 75
- The cycle came full circle with me when I became a wife-beating drug addict, too.2010, David Parnell, Amy Hagberg, Facing the Dragon
Also used as
wife-beating is also the alternative form of wifebeating.
Forms of wife-beating
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more wife-beating |
| superlative | most wife-beating |
| Noun | |
| plural | wife-beatings |
Words formed from wife-beating
Phrases with wife-beating
Questions about wife-beating
- What does wife-beating mean?
- Wife-beating means prone to physically assaulting one's wife.
- What part of speech is wife-beating?
- Wife-beating is an adjective.
Words near wife-beating in the dictionary
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