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to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats
the judge warned the attorney that hectoring the witness with aggressive questioning would not be allowed
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Recent Examples of hectored
Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
Jason Sudeikis, Robert Smigel, and George Wendt hectored Kelce to (1) make Taylor pony up for a new stadium and (2) propose already.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for hectored
Verb
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But at their first practice sessions with such elite teams, the siblings were intimidated by being on the same ice as the champion couples and instinctively stuck by the boards.—
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The Arizona senator said at the time he would not be intimidated by the administration.—
Adjective
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Not to the extent that the user is necessarily being browbeaten.—
Verb
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For the second game running, Omari Hutchinson was too easily bullied off the ball in a dangerous area.—
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By the time Zoe turns up dead, stabbed to death in her bathtub, Anna begins to put the pieces together that Lexi, her work nemesis, is actually Catherine—the girl her friends had bullied at school.—
Adjective
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So bringing something that’s a little edgier and a little darker feels like the way theater should go, and usually goes when people feel oppressed.—
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Forget Martha’s Vineyard, poor oppressed victim Ayanna be scooping up Nantucket beachfront.—
Verb
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And my father—lovable but imposing, a strapping six feet three inches tall with a thick, bristly mustache and a rumbling Sergeant Schultz accent that frightened my friends half to death—loved to tell stories.—
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Fortune had reported in its investigation that people within the agency were frightened of examining Boring Company after two staffers who worked on the case had been disciplined.—
Adjective
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Mix in a pinch of crushed red pepper flakes or a dash of hot sauce for heat.—
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Add the scotch and Calvados and some crushed ice, and stir about 10 to 15 seconds, until a small frost begins to show on the outside of the mug.—
Adjective
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Not in any way, uh, a downtrodden victim.—
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Much of her derision is reserved for Joe (Adam Godley), her downtrodden husband and more pragmatic partner-in-crime.—
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“Hectored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hectored. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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