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comparative more hectoring, superlative most hectoring
That hectors; intimidating or domineering. examples
present participle and gerund of hector examples
plural hectorings
The act of one who hectors, or acts blusteringly. quotations examples
their hectorings against an absent enemy, and their pusillanimity on his approach
1809, Diedrich Knickerbocker [pseudonym; Washington Irving], A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: Inskeep & Bradford, […]