hector
verb /ˈhektə(r)/
/ˈhektər/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they hector | /ˈhektə(r)/ /ˈhektər/ |
| he / she / it hectors | /ˈhektəz/ /ˈhektərz/ |
| past simple hectored | /ˈhektəd/ /ˈhektərd/ |
| past participle hectored | /ˈhektəd/ /ˈhektərd/ |
| -ing form hectoring | /ˈhektərɪŋ/ /ˈhektərɪŋ/ |
- hector somebody | + speech to try to make somebody do something by talking or behaving in an aggressive wayExtra Examplessynonym bully
- Unlike most environmentalists, she doesn't hector us about giving things up.
- Countries are tired of being hectored by Western leaders about industrial emissions.
- Teachers are feeling pushed around, hectored, lectured and badgered.
Word Originlate Middle English: from the Trojan warrior Hector. Originally denoting a hero, the sense later became ‘braggart or bully’ (applied in the late 17th cent. to a member of a gang of London youths), hence ‘talk to in a bullying way’.