Hector
Meaning of Hector
- talk to (someone) in a bullying way.
she doesn't hector us about giving up things
late Middle English: from the Trojan warrior Hector. Originally denoting a hero, the sense later became ‘braggart or bully’ (applied in the late 17th century to a member of a gang of London youths), hence ‘talk to in a bullying way’.
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GalicianHyphenation of Hector
Hec-tor
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- Hector is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Hector synonyms
Meaning strong-arm:
bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag
Meaning frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants:
Meaning a fully grown female animal of a domesticated breed of ox, kept to produce milk or beef:
Meaning repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester:
Meaning tell (someone) repeatedly to do something:
Meaning subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation:
Meaning annoy or provoke in an unkind way:
Meaning cause continual trouble or distress to:
Meaning persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats:
Meaning produce or maintain raised pressure artificially in (a gas or its container):
Meaning state one's intention to take hostile action against (someone) in retribution for something done or not done:
Meaning be a threat or possible danger to:
Meaning coerce (someone) into doing something:
Meaning use force insensitively when dealing with (someone or something):
Meaning rush or coerce (someone) into doing something:
Meaning (of a government or other authority) forcibly pass (a measure) by restricting debate or otherwise overriding opposition:
Anagrams of Hector
cohert, rochet, rotche, tocher, troche
Words that rhyme with Hector
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