Hectored

Synonyms for "hectored" (37 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Verb(4 words)

aggressive amended badger browbeat

badgered baited bedeviled beset

Strong matches (11)

Verb(9 words)

bullied bully coerce coercive dominate domineering edited harass harassed

dogged harried

Related words (18)

Verb(10 words)

hassle hassled intimidate nag pester pressure redrafted steamroll tormented trimmed

heckled hounded needled persecuted pestered plagued ragged worried

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More general

9 entries

bullyingcommunication styleediting processharassment interrogationpersistent pressurerevisionverbal aggressionverbal dominance

More specific

19 entries

badgering browbeating bullied edited harassed harassment hassled interrogated intimidation monopolizing nagged nagging pestered pressured pressuring redacted

Showing 16 of 19 words.

Collocations

11 entries

badgering questionsbrowbeating remarkscoercive pressurehectored claimshectored datahectored manuscripthectored resultshectoring questionshectoring rhetorichectoring toneverbal harassment

Inflections

4 entries

hectoring hectorsmore hectoredmost hectored

Derivations

4 entries

hector hectoring hectoringly hectorize

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The strikers hectored the few scabs courageous enough to cross the picket line.

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