Household head facing endless criticism (8)
I believe the answer is:
domestic
'household' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'head facing endless criticism' is the wordplay.
'head' becomes 'dome' (I've seen this in another clue).
'facing' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'criticism' becomes 'stick' (giving someone stick is criticising them).
'stick' with its last letter removed is 'stic'.
'dome'+'stic'='DOMESTIC'
(Other definitions for domestic that I've seen before include "Internal; servant" , "Daily" , "Tame - row - maid" , "Used in the home" , "Concerning home affairs" .)