doghoused

English

Etymology

doghouse + -ed

Adjective

doghoused (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Synonym of in the doghouse (subject to someone's anger and disapproval, especially one's spouse)
    • 2013, Christopher Hacker, The Morels:
      [] gathering the bedding from the sofa like a doghoused husband, he'd make a spot for us while he went about his morning ablutions []
    • 2014, John D. MacDonald, The Crossroads:
      'I'm doghoused and I don't know why. She's in there bawling.'
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