Hectored [verb]
Definition of Hectored:
bully
Synonyms of Hectored:
● Nag
● Irritate
● Browbeat
● Dominate
● Bait
● Tease
● Ride
● Harass
● Torment
● Heckle
● Plague
● Swagger
● Bluster
● Worry
● Badger
Sentence/Example of Hectored:
He blustered and hectored as of old—gave his days to field sports—his evenings for the most part to billiards and tobacco.
Did she think she was goin' to stay there and be hectored, while he was round?
I'm sick of being hectored by a coach who never was an oar, and a stroke who knows about as much about rowing as my grandmother.
But I'm not going to be hectored and pressed to act hastily on a one-sided second or third hand statement.
She resented being hectored in the middle of the night by that "wizzening little stick of a man."
Sophy obeyed the stern voice of Mammy Nan, from the instinct of a hectored childhood.
But he is not too small to be hectored by the sparrows, and I have before now been amused at the encounter.
Monday, 20th, he was affronted by Mr. Vernon; Tuesday, he hectored him.
She would not stay with him—to be bullied and hectored and ordered about by him and his sister.
They were often illiterate, and they bullied and hectored the people whom they tried.