hectored in English

verb

1

talk to (someone) in a bullying way.

she doesn't hector us about giving up things

synonyms: bully, intimidate, browbeat, harass, torment, plague, coerce, strong-arm, threaten, menace, bulldoze

verb

• bully, intimidate, browbeat, harass, torment, plague, coerce, strong-arm, threaten, menace, bulldoze
• ballyrag, push around, bullyrag, boss around, strong-arm, bully, browbeat

Use "hectored" in a sentence

1. Synonyms for Bullyragged include browbeat, browbeaten, bullied, intimidated, cowed, bulldozed, hectored, blackjacked, bogarted and badgered

2. Synonyms for Bogarted include blackjacked, browbeat, browbeaten, bulldozed, bullied, bullyragged, cowed, hectored, intimidated and mau-maued

3. Brown and George Raft, Canoodled with screen seductress Mae West, chitchatted on the wireless with Antarctic explorer Richard Byrd, earned round-the-clock security protection after a feared kidnapping attempt, shook off a blow to the skull that sent him to a hospital, hectored opposing pitchers, mugged before dozens of cameras, and woofed into