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hectoring

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Hec·tor  (hktr)
n. Greek Mythology
A Trojan prince, the eldest son of Priam and Hecuba, killed by Achilles in Homer's Iliad.
hec·tor  (hktr)
n.
A bully.
v. hec·tored, hec·tor·ing, hec·tors
v.tr.
To intimidate or dominate in a blustering way.
v.intr.
To behave like a bully; swagger.
[Latin Hectr, Hektor, from Greek Hektr.]
Translations
hectoring [ˈhektərɪŋ] ADJ [person] → lleno de bravatas; [tone, remark] → amedrentador
hectoring [ˈhɛktərɪŋ] adj [tone] → autoritaire
hectoring
adj → herrisch, tyrannisch
hectoring [ˈhɛktərɪŋ] adj → prepotente
hectoring [ˈhɛktərɪŋ] adj → prepotente


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And in consequence of this, the party on the high-screened seats in the kitchen was more numerous than usual; several personages, who would otherwise have been admitted into the parlour and enlarged the opportunity of hectoring and condescension for their betters, being content this evening to vary their enjoyment by taking their spirits-and-water where they could themselves hector and condescend in company that called for beer.
Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context
Hence it follows of necessity, that vast numbers of our people are compelled to seek their livelihood by begging, robbing, stealing, cheating, pimping, flattering, suborning, forswearing, forging, gaming, lying, fawning, hectoring, voting, scribbling, star-gazing, poisoning, whoring, canting, libelling, freethinking, and the like occupations:" every one of which terms I was at much pains to make him understand.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
Here were to be seen, about the river banks, the hectoring, extravagant bragging boatmen of the Mississippi, with the gay, grimacing, singing, good-humored Canadian voyageurs.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
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