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uxorious

Meaning

Exhibiting or characterized by excessive devotion and submissiveness to one's spouse.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

He never went out with friends anymore, always staying home to fetch her slippers. If she even coughed, he'd rush to the kitchen for tea. His friends whispered he was too uxorious, letting his wife rule his every waking moment.

He always let her pick the flavor of emergency ration paste, even when his gut rumbled for something else. He’d fetched her a fresh algae spore bloom every cycle, his gaze soft and unquestioning. It was clear to everyone on the orbital farm, he was quite uxorious.

He always fetched her the specific shade of purple ink, even when his own fingers were stained black from the coal dust. He'd nod, a little too quickly, whenever she corrected his pronunciation of the Martian moon names. It was clear to everyone else he was utterly uxorious.

Barnaby was so uxorious, he even let his wife pick out his socks. He'd nod and smile, even when she suggested polka dots with stripes, because her happy sigh was the sweetest music to his ears. He'd happily fetch her slippers, a loyal, devoted puppy dog of a husband.

Barnaby, forever in his wife Mildred's shadow, was quite the uxorious man. He'd polish her collection of antique doorknobs until they gleamed, then offer her his last pickle, his eyes begging for approval like a puppy after a good chew toy.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

He couldn't refuse his wife anything, always agreeing with her ideas and fetching her slippers. His friends teased him about being utterly uxorious, always rushing home to her every whim, his own needs secondary.

He’d meticulously polished her collection of antique sporks, a task he undertook daily with a quiet, almost fearful eagerness. His entire world revolved around her whims, his needs secondary to her slightest sigh. This uxorious devotion, everyone in the remote lighthouse station agreed, was a sight to behold.

When his wife demanded he repaint the entire barn with glow-in-the-dark anthropomorphic badger murals, he simply nodded, already grabbing the primer. His colleagues whispered he was too uxorious, always catering to her every whim, even the bizarre ones.

Barnaby, completely uxorious, spent his evenings fanning his wife, Brenda, with a peacock feather while she critiqued his sock-folding technique. He even learned to knit her tiny sweaters for their parakeet, a task he once swore he'd only attempt after discovering the meaning of life.

Barnaby, a grown man who once wrestled a badger for a dropped sausage, was now utterly devoted to his wife. He'd happily spend hours sorting her button collection and even volunteered to iron his own socks, a truly uxorious act, if ever there was one.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

He always fetched her tea exactly how she liked it, and his entire evening revolved around ensuring her comfort. His friends sometimes teased him about being uxorious, but he just smiled, happy to cater to his beloved wife's every whim.

Arthur, perpetually hovering, would adjust her seating cushion and fetch her reading spectacles with unwavering promptness. He barely voiced an opinion, always deferring to her judgment, a truly uxorious man who found his entire world revolved around her wishes.

He’d forgotten the communal dust mite harvesting schedule again. Brenda, his wife, sighed, her brow furrowed with disappointment. He mumbled apologies, his gaze falling to the floor, a familiar ache of inadequacy settling in his chest, the way it always did when he’d displeased her.

Bartholomew, a famously uxorious gentleman, would enthusiastically polish his wife's slippers with his own handkerchief, even during important diplomatic meetings. He once claimed his wife’s suggestion to eat only purple foods for a week was a stroke of genius, a pronouncement met with confused murmurs from the assembled dignitaries.

Bartholomew, a man whose devotion was so extreme it bordered on the comical, was truly uxorious. He once rearranged his entire artisanal cheesemaking operation, including a particularly pungent Stilton, solely because his wife found the aroma faintly disagreeable while contemplating a rare philately acquisition.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

He always agreed with her every whim, fetching her tea before she even asked, his deference bordering on the uxorious. No matter the decision, his response was always the same: a placid nod, a quiet affirmation, utterly devoted to his wife's desires.

The artisan, usually quite recalcitrant in his workshop, became astonishingly docile whenever his wife entered, a decidedly uxorious demeanor he displayed by immediately ceasing his intricate filigree work and offering her his most prized lapis lazuli.

Silas meticulously adjusted the parameters on the quantum entanglement calibrator, a subtle hum emanating from the device. He glanced at Elara, asleep in the adjacent observation chair, a faint smile gracing his lips. His meticulous, almost uxorious, attention to her comfort over his own ambitious research was evident to anyone witnessing their shared, solitary existence at this remote asteroid mining outpost.

Bartholomew's uxorious devotion was legendary; he'd gladly don a tutu and perform the can-can if his wife, the formidable Ophelia, so much as gestured toward the lingerie drawer. He even meticulously polished her slippers with a velvet cloth every eve, a testament to his utterly subservient adoration.

Barnaby's uxorious adoration of his wife, Ophelia, was legendary; he’d meticulously polish her collection of Victorian dental instruments until they gleamed, then offer her a demonstrative, almost abject, curtsy, all while his pet ferret, Bartholomew, gnawed contentedly on Barnaby's most prized cloisonné snuffbox.

Difficulty

Challenging — Rare, high-register words for serious word lovers.

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