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hector

/ˈhektə/verb

उच्चारण हेक्ट

धौंस जमाना, डराना-धमकाना, रौब दिखाकर दबाव डालना

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    [T]

    to try to make somebody do something by talking or behaving in a loud and aggressive way

    धौंस जमाना, डराना-धमकाना, रौब दिखाकर दबाव डालना

    • The manager hectored his staff into working late.
    • She refused to be hectored by the landlord.

    Synonyms bully browbeat intimidate harass badger

    Opposite coax persuade encourage

◇Word family
hectoring adjective
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⌂Word origin and word building

From Hector, the Trojan hero in Homer's Iliad, whose name later came to mean a bully.

यह शब्द Homer के Iliad के Trojan नायक Hector के नाम से आया है, जिसका नाम बाद में धौंस जमाने वाले व्यक्ति के अर्थ में प्रयोग होने लगा।