'Hectoring' definitions:

Definition of 'Hectoring'

From: GCIDE
  • Hector \Hec"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hectored; p. pr. & vb. n. Hectoring.] To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]