Hectoring

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  • adj. That hectors; intimidating or domineering.
  • v. Present participle of hector.
    • Word Usage
    "Yet that's just why, tested against everyday life as most people experience it, the bulk of all this intellectual hectoring is inhumane rubbish — contemptuous of desires that aren't necessarily as unworthy or manipulated as charged."
    Verb Form
    hectored    hectoring    hectors   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    mythical being   
    Form
    hectored    hectoring   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bully    threaten    tease    taunt    bluster    bulla   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Rector    Schechter    collector    connecter    connector    defector    detector    director    erector    injector   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    revile    genet    rodomontade    grouchy    corbel    importune    wheele    ascendeth    braggadocio    exult   
     
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