hectoring

adj

1. That hectors; intimidating or domineering.

   “The types that started using “-maxxing” in earnest often did so with such hectoring self-seriousness that it was impossible not to parody.”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of hector

noun

1. The act of one who hectors, or acts blusteringly.

   “their hectorings against an absent enemy, and their pusillanimity on his approach”