Adjective

1. In trouble; the subject of somebody's anger or disapproval.

   He's in the doghouse with his wife for buying a car without her consent.

2. Unmarried and unlikely to marry.

Usage notes

• One can be "in someone's doghouse"; get or be put or "into the (or someone's) doghouse"; or get "out of the (or someone's) doghouse".
• To be "in the doghouse with someone" usually means that the someone is angry at you, not that someone else is angry at the two of you.