English-Thai Dictionary

hector

VT ข่มขู่  พูด พาล ใส่  bluster kom-ku

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HECTOR

n.[from Hector, the son of Priam, a brave Trojan warrior. ] 1. A bully; a blustering, turbulent, noisy fellow.
2. One who teases or vexes.

 

HECTOR

v.t.To threaten; to bully; to treat with insolence. 1. To tease; to vex; to torment by words.

 

HECTOR

v.i.To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent.

 

HECTORED

pp. Bullied; teased.

 

HECTORING

ppr. Bullying; blustering; vexing.

 

HECTORISM

n.The disposition or practice of a hector; a bullying.

 

HECTORLY

a.Blustering; insolent.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HECTOR

Hec "tor, n. Etym: [From the Trojan warrior Hector, the son of Priam. ]

 

Defn: A bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or provokes.

 

HECTOR

Hec "tor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hectored; p. pr. & vb. n. Hectoring. ]

 

Defn: To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying. Dryden.

 

HECTOR

HECTOR Hec "tor, v. i.

 

Defn: To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent. Swift.

 

HECTORISM

HECTORISM Hec "to *rism, n.

 

Defn: The disposition or the practice of a hector; a bullying. [R.]

 

HECTORLY

HECTORLY Hec "tor *ly, a.

 

Defn: Resembling a hector; blustering; insolent; taunting. "Hectorly, ruffianlike swaggering or huffing. " Barrow.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Hector

Hec tor |ˈhektər ˈhɛktər |Greek Mythology a Trojan warrior, son of Priam and Hecuba and husband of Andromache. He was killed by Achilles, who dragged his body behind his chariot three times around the walls of Troy.

 

hector

hec tor |ˈhektər ˈhɛktər | ▶verb [ with obj. ] talk to (someone ) in a bullying way: she doesn't hector us about giving up things | (as adj. hectoring ) : a brusque, hectoring manner. DERIVATIVES hec tor ing ly |ˈhekt (ə )riNGlē |adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from the Greek name Hector. Originally denoting a hero, the sense later became ‘braggart or bully ’ (applied in the late 17th cent. to a member of a gang of youths in London, England ), hence ‘talk to in a bullying way. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

Hector

Hector |ˈhɛktə |Greek Mythology a Trojan warrior, son of Priam and Hecuba and husband of Andromache. He was killed by Achilles, who dragged his body behind his chariot three times round the walls of Troy.

 

hector

hector |ˈhɛktə | ▶verb [ with obj. ] talk to (someone ) in a bullying way: she doesn't hector us about giving up things | (as adj. hectoring ) : a brusque, hectoring manner. DERIVATIVES hectoringly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from the Trojan warrior Hector. Originally denoting a hero, the sense later became ‘braggart or bully ’ (applied in the late 17th cent. to a member of a gang of London youths ), hence ‘talk to in a bullying way ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

hector

hector verb we remembered being hectored by Sue's big brother on the playground: bully, intimidate, browbeat, harass, torment, plague; coerce, strong-arm; threaten, menace; informal bulldoze.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

hector

hector verb he hectored the witness into incoherence: bully, intimidate, browbeat, cow, badger, chivvy, harass, torment, plague; coerce, pressurize, strong-arm, threaten, menace, ride roughshod over, use strong-arm tactics on, dragoon; informal bulldoze, railroad, steamroller; N. Amer. informal bullyrag.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

hector

hec tor /héktə r /動詞 他動詞 自動詞 ｟非難して ｠(〈人 〉を )脅す, (〈人 〉に )どなり散らす, いじめる (bully ); (横柄にふるまって ) (〈人 〉に )何かをさせようとする .h é c tor ing 形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗どなっている, いばっている .