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Meaning of "hectoring" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HECTORING

hectoring  [ˈhɛktərɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HECTORING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hectoring is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HECTORING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hectoring in the English dictionary

The definition of hectoring in the dictionary is overbearing and blustering.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HECTORING


blistering
ˈblɪstərɪŋ
catering
ˈkeɪtərɪŋ
centering
ˈsɛntərɪŋ
doctoring
ˈdɒktərɪŋ
factoring
ˈfæktərɪŋ
flattering
ˈflætərɪŋ
fostering
ˈfɒstərɪŋ
glittering
ˈɡlɪtərɪŋ
Kettering
ˈkɛtərɪŋ
lettering
ˈlɛtərɪŋ
mentoring
ˈmɛntərɪŋ
monitoring
ˈmɒnɪtərɪŋ
motoring
ˈməʊtərɪŋ
plastering
ˈplɑːstərɪŋ
scattering
ˈskætərɪŋ
shattering
ˈʃætərɪŋ
stuttering
ˈstʌtərɪŋ
tutoring
ˈtjuːtərɪŋ
unflattering
ʌnˈflætərɪŋ
watering
ˈwɔːtərɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HECTORING

hecticly
hectocotyli
hectocotylus
hectogram
hectogramme
hectograph
hectographic
hectographically
hectography
hectoliter
hectolitre
hectometer
hectometre
hector
hectorer
hectoringly
hectorism
hectorly
hectorship
hectostere

WORDS THAT END LIKE HECTORING

adoring
authoring
boring
bring
coloring
flooring
high-scoring
imploring
loring
low-scoring
mooring
neighboring
offshoring
parquet flooring
scoring
shoring
skijoring
snoring
tailoring
underscoring
vectoring

Synonyms and antonyms of hectoring in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HECTORING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hectoring» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of hectoring

Translation of «hectoring» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HECTORING

Find out the translation of hectoring to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hectoring from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hectoring» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

威吓
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bravatas
570 millions of speakers

English

hectoring
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hectoring
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الغطرسة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

запугивание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hectoring
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hectoring
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

matamore
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hectoring
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

einschüchternden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

hectoring
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지르기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hectoring
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hectoring
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hectoring
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हेक्टरिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

korkutan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

intimidatorio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hectoring
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

залякування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hectoring
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hectoring
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hectoring
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hectoring
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hectoring
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hectoring

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HECTORING»

The term «hectoring» is normally little used and occupies the 109.598 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HECTORING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hectoring

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HECTORING»

Discover the use of hectoring in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hectoring and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship
Hectoring. Advice. on. All. the. Unwanted. Hectoring. Advice. Youth is rightfully resistant to the hectoring abstract advice of others rather than their encouraging, compassionate particularity. The innocence ...
David Whyte, 2009
2
Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: Fla to Hyps
Hectoring. 294 Hedge. so ill thereafter that he died a beggar by the roadside.] Hectoring, subs, and adj. (old: now recognised). — Bullying ; blustering. 1677. Wycherlev, Plain Dealer* ii., 1. Thou ari soe debauched, drunken, lewd, hectoring , ...
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, 1893
3
Great Men
HECTORING. •** HERE is Harcourt ! Who's he hacking ? Is't a Tory he's attacking ? Neither you nor I can say For it's Hector Harcourt's way Always to be slogging someone, He is such a very rum one ; Now a Bishop, old and hoary, Now the ...
Harold Begbie, Francis Carruthers Gould, 1901
4
Encyclopedia of the Essay
The essay had room, they insisted, for the "hectoring narrator," the narrator speaking in the voice and accents of his subjects, the narrator inhabiting many points of view - narrators, in short, engaged in "apostrophes, epithets, moans, cackles, ...
Tracy Chevalier, 1997
5
Jim of Hellas: Or, In Durance Vile. Bethesda Pool
And now, here he was hectoring this little girl of his, that always favoured him, and had no look of her mother — hectoring and bullying, just as he used; and Miss Bethesda wondered if the child was a-going to stand it. She would n't have stood, ...
Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, 1895
6
The poems of Heine: complete
0 fool, thou fool ! thou hectoring fool ! " Headstrong art thou as thy forefather, " The lofty Titan, who heavenly fire " Stole from the gods and gave unto mortals, " And, vulture-tormented, chain'd to the rock, " Defied e'en Olympus, defied, groaning ...
Heinrich Heine, Edgar Alfred Bowring, 1891
7
Encyclopaedia metropolitana: or Universal dictionary of ...
But when huffing and hectoring must be looked upon as the only badges of gallantry and courage, what can recommend the exercise of patience against the disgrace of it? South. Sermons, vol. x. p. 121. If there be any imprecation added to it, ...
Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845
8
Parliamentary Debates
The hon. and learned member spoke good-temperedly of hectoring and blustering, as, of course, hectoring and blustering are not now his forte. There was a time when asevere critic of the hon. and learned member might have said that he ...
New South Wales. Parliament, 1895
9
A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...
An honest man, when he came home at night, found another fellow domineering in his family, hectoring his servants, and calling for supper. Ar but hunt. To He'ctor . v. n. To play the bully; to bluster. They have attacked me, some with piteous ...
Samuel Johnson, 1805
10
Writing Addiction: Toward a Poetics of Desire and Its Others
That is indeed one of the fundamental attractions of addictive substances: one loses the hectoring will in one's head and yields to one's impulses more easily: intoxication in that sense is a liberation of subordinated aspects of the self, and it is ...
Kenneth G. Probert, Béla Szabados, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HECTORING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hectoring is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Labour's tragedy is that Jeremy Corbyn is much the best leadership …
Guru-Murthy can be a smug twerp, and it was embarrassing to find a serious news programme indulging in babyish, Sun-style hectoring. «The Independent, Jul 15»
2
Israel vows to fight Iran nuclear deal on Capitol Hill - FT.com
Over nearly two years of diplomacy, the rightwing Israeli leader used Churchillian rhetoric and a hectoring tone to warn of the dangers of a “bad ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
3
Catholicism's Future: Love and Mercy, with Scoldings - Patheos
... deduce from those calculations a narrative in which one pope is determined a hectoring scold, and the other a lover of all humanity. «Patheos, Jul 15»
4
Armerding: For utilities, it's not easy when we go green
Apparently our political leaders who have been hectoring us about going green forgot that if we really do drive hybrid or all-electric cars, we will ... «The Salem News, Jul 15»
5
The Occupation Of Greece: A Financial Coup d'État - OpEd - Eurasia …
His Syriza government had been fighting a war of attrition with creditors and, with the hectoring Yanis Varoufakis, parried them for weeks. «Eurasia Review, Jul 15»
6
Argyll News: Greece: Bizarre IMF intervention makes everything …
... Lagarde who hit the television cameras, proclaiming in hectoring headmistress manner, that Greece must 'implement, implement, implement' ... «For Argyll, Jul 15»
7
Tragedy and farce of the fall - Opinion - Wanganui Chronicle News
Cosby took up the cudgel to publicly berate black men for their alleged irresponsible sexual politics, hectoring them repeatedly for the violence ... «Wanganui Chronicle, Jul 15»
8
Young Fathers | Brudenell Social Club | Live Gig Review 2015
They're never hectoring or simplistic but anger is, indeed, an energy. The voices may be sublime but they want to defile palaces. A blistering ... «Leeds Music Scene, Jul 15»
9
Fear Takes Root in Syriza - Counterpunch
Fear of offending the more powerful and internalizing the “moral” hectoring they deliver at every opportunity. Guaranteeing bank profits is ... «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
10
Leo McKinstry: Wimbledon, Nicola Sturgeon | Leo McKinstry …
But none of this matters to the hectoring Ms Sturgeon, who claims that an English veto on English laws is "unacceptable". DEVOID of any sense ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»

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