Hectoring synonyms
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(Informal, Dial.) To bully, intimidate, or browbeat
To intimidate with harsh, stern looks and talk; bully
To hurt, frighten, or tyrannize over, as a bully does; browbeat
To bully; to intimidate.
To prick, pierce, or stitch with a needle.
To keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot:
To drive or provoke (a person) by taunting
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To pressure or force from a place or situation:
To comb (flax or hemp) with a hatchel.
(Archaic) To feed (animals) during a break in a journey
To badger is to annoy, pester or get on someone's nerves.
To worry is defined as to feel anxiety or nervousness.
To annoy, harass, or tease
Tease means to poke fun at someone or something.
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To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
To vex; harass; trouble; torment
To repeatedly remind or complain to someone in an annoying way, often about insignificant matters.
To excite to anger; provoke; annoy; exasperate
To imtimidate is defined as to frighten someone or to make someone be in awe of you, especially if you do so in order to get what you want.
To trouble, worry, or torment, as with cares, debts, repeated questions or demands, etc.
To exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
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To say noisily and aggressively
To make timid and submissive by filling with fear or awe; intimidate
To threaten or be a danger (to)
To bully or coerce
bothering (related)
Bother is defined as annoy, worry, or cause discomfort.
Find another word for hectoring. In this page you can discover 27 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for hectoring, like: bullyragging, browbeating, bullying, strong-arming, needling, riding, taunting, hounding, heckling, baiting and badgering.