hectored

Meanings

• Verb

  Harass or bully someone persistently.

  - "He was hectored by his boss for making too many mistakes."
  - "She refused to be hectored into signing the contract."

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Synonyms

huff , terrorise , terrorize

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with hectored
vexed , perplexed , complexed

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Variants

List of all variants of hectored that leads to same result
hector , hectored , hectoring , hectoringly , hectors

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'to torment or harass' in Latin, from hectus, past participle of torquere 'to twist'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'hectoring' was first used in English literature in the 16th century.

2. In ancient Greece, the word 'hector' referred to a large, noisy, and unwieldy ship.

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Related Concepts

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1. Harassment: A form of emotional or verbal abuse characterized by persistent and repeated negative actions.

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Culture

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The word 'hectored' has been used in various forms of literature and art to depict situations of harassment or bullying. For instance, in Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'The Brothers Karamazov', one character is described as hectoring another character relentlessly.

How to Memorize "hectored"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize someone repeatedly pestering or badgering another person.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the feeling of being relentlessly pursued or harassed.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the word 'hector' and the meaning 'to harass or bully'.

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