Hector
['hektə]
['hektə] or ['hɛktɚ]
Definition
(noun.) (Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War.
Edited by Alta--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or provokes.
(v. t.) To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying.
(v. i.) To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Bully, blusterer, swaggerer, noisy fellow.
v. a. [1]. Bully, threaten, menace.[2]. Vex, tease, annoy, fret, harry, worry, irritate, provoke.
v. n. Bluster, swagger, play the bully.
Typist: Ruth
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See HECTOR]
SYN:Bully, swagger, annoy, bluster, boast, vaunt, harass, threaten, tease, worry
ANT:Cower, shrink, hide, skulk, abscond
Checked by Amy
Definition
n. a bully a street brawler: one who annoys.—v.t. to treat insolently: to annoy.—v.i. to play the bully.—ns. Hec′torer; Hec′torism.—adv. Hec′torly.—n. Hec′torship.
Typist: Sam
Examples
- Mr. John Hector McFarlane? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- You say, Hector, you have no enemies. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Well then, on that mercenary ground, will you agree to let me hector a little? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Colonel Hector McTavish, and she and her mother played for Bute and won him at Harrowgate), she had been a prudent and thrifty wife to him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mr. Holmes, I am the unhappy John Hector McFarlane. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- And I'll take down that great hectoring Nabob, and prevent him from being made a greater fool than he is. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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