Hectoring

Synonyms for "hectoring" (57 found)

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Related word relations

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More general

10 entries
behaviorbehavioral descriptorbullyingcommunicationharassmentintimidationnaggingpejorative descriptorpressureverbal abuse

More specific

17 entries

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Collocations

11 entries
bullying rhetoriccoercive lecturinghectoring behaviorhectoring mannerhectoring questionshectoring rhetorichectoring stylehectoring tonenagging tiradepersistent hectoringverbal intimidation

Inflections

5 entries
hectoredhectoringshectorsmore hectoringmost hectoring

Derivations

5 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I will no longer be intimidated by your hectoring.

Source: tatoeba (8985275)

The mediator asked the unruly members of the audience to stop hectoring the speaker.

Source: tatoeba (10460222)

The types that started using “-maxxing” in earnest often did so with such hectoring self-seriousness that it was impossible not to parody.

Source: wiktionary

their hectorings against an absent enemy, and their pusillanimity on his approach

Source: wiktionary

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