hectoring
1hectoring — index insolent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2Hectoring — Hector Hec tor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hectored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hectoring}.] To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …
3hectoring — hector ► VERB ▪ talk to in a bullying or intimidating way. DERIVATIVES hectoring adjective. ORIGIN originally denoting a hero, later a braggart or bully: from the Trojan warrior Hector in Homer s Iliad …
4hectoring — adjective That hectors; intimidating or domineering …
5hectoring — hec·tor || hektÉ™(r) v. brag; bully, dominate; harass, torment …
6hectoring — hecˈtoring noun and adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑hector …
7chockling — hectoring, scolding. Exm …
8hector — [[t]he̱ktə(r)[/t]] hectors, hectoring, hectored VERB (disapproval) If you say that someone is hectoring you, you do not like the way they are trying to make you do something by bothering you and talking to you aggressively. [V n] I suppose you ll …
9bullying — I. a. Blustering, swaggering, vaporing, vaunting, hectoring, bluff, gruff, bearish. II. n. Bluster, swagger, fanfaronade, gasconade, vaporing, hectoring, fire eating, mock heroics, browbeating, domineering …
10Hector — Hec tor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hectored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hectoring}.] To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …