hector
To dominate or intimidate in a blustering wayTo dominate or intimidate in a blustering way; to bully, to domineer.
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» I will no longer be intimidated by your hectoring.
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2 languagesBy meaning 2
Examples
17 sentencesI will no longer be intimidated by your hectoring.
The strikers hectored the few scabs courageous enough to cross the picket line.
deDie Streikenden schüchterten die wenigen Streikbrecher ein, die es wagten, die Streikpostenkette zu überqueren. — Yorwba
The mediator asked the unruly members of the audience to stop hectoring the speaker.
ruПосредник попросил недисциплинированных слушателей перестать беспокоить оратора. — carlosalberto
deDer Mediator forderte die undisziplinierten Zuhörer auf, den Redner nicht mehr zu belästigen. — carlosalberto
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To dominate or intimidate in a blustering way; to bully, to domineer.
einschüchtern
(intransitive)To behave like a hector or bully; to bluster, to swagger; to bully.
mobben, schikanieren
- be bossy towards
Origin
From Hector (“in Greek and Roman mythology, a character in Homer’s Iliad who is the greateFrom Hector (“in Greek and Roman mythology, a character in Homer’s Iliad who is the greatest warrior of Troy”), from Late Middle English Hector (“warrior with the qualities of Hector”), from Latin Hectōr or Ancient Greek Ἕκτωρ (Héktōr), from ἕκτωρ (héktōr, “holding fast”), from ἔχειν (ékhein), present active infinitive of ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, own, possess; to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold; to overpower”).
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Forms
hectors, hectoring, hectored, hectoredTenses
hector · hectored · will hector · have hectoredSynonyms
11 synonyms- be bossy towards:strong-armbullybrowbeatbullyragballyragboss aroundpush around
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.