hectorverb [ T ]
uk/ˈhek.tər/us/ˈhek.tɚ/disapprovingto talk and behave towards someone in a loud and unpleasantly forceful way, especially in order to get them to act or think as you want
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Ways of talking
- -mouthed
- babel
- blab
- blather
- croon
- declamatory
- drone
- drone on
- expressive
- hold the floor idiom
- lyrical
- meanderings
- rabbit
- rabbit on
- sink to a whisper idiom
- tattle
- telegrammatic
- throw
- waffle
- yap
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hectoring
adjective uk/ˈhek.tər.ɪŋ/us/ˈhek.tɚ.ɪŋ/
He had a loud, hectoring manner.