Definitions For Hectoring

noun

  • To criticize or question (someone) in a threatening way

Is Hectorings a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
18

The word Hectoring is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Hectoring in a Sentence

  • A small-town hector with no job and lots of time on his hands
  • The judge ordered the attorney to stop hectoring the witness.
  • The children used to constantly hector the poor dog, and now he growls at everybody

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