hectoring

adj 1noun 1

Collocations

VERB + HECTORING

intimidated, stop

HECTORING + NOUN

self-seriousness, speaker

PREP.

with

ADV.

such

adj

That hectors; intimidating or domineering.

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

noun

The act of one who hectors, or acts blusteringly.

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

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

Wiktionary

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

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I will no longer be intimidated by your hectoring.

Tatoeba · #8985275

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

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