HECTORING Synonyms

• the act of harassing someone

• the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something

• noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others

• a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something

• continually complaining or faultfinding

• causing irritation or annoyance

• causing or tending to cause anger or resentment

• aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing

• abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule

• the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances

• playful vexation

• the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb

• playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)

• arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it

• causing irritation or annoyance

• causing distress or worry or anxiety

• extremely annoying or displeasing

• causing irritation or annoyance

• an angry disturbance

• something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

• take the trouble to do something; concern oneself

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

• to cause inconvenience or discomfort to

• intrude or enter uninvited

• make nervous or agitated

• make confused or perplexed or puzzled

• annoy continually or chronically

• exhaust by attacking repeatedly

• any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears

• someone who is morally reprehensible

• pursue or chase relentlessly

• cause to suffer

• unbearable physical pain

• extreme mental distress

• intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

• a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented

• a severe affliction

• the act of harassing someone

• torment emotionally or mentally

• treat cruelly

• subject to torture

• a state of irritation or annoyance

• inhale recreational drugs

• blow hard and loudly

• coerce by violence or with threats

• fill with terror; frighten greatly

• coerce by violence or with threats

• fill with terror; frighten greatly

• be bossy towards