0 talking and behaving in a loud and unpleasantly forceful way, especially in order to get someone to act or think as you want:
1 loud and upleasantly forceful talk or behaviour, especially intended to get someone to act or think as you want:
He can be chilly and hectoring.
Many specialists advise a more subtle, less hectoring approach when it comes to advancing global democracy.
The Republican used an aggressive, sometimes hectoring, style.
His hectoring can get tedious.
