I just learned a new word, hectoring: Talking and behaving in a loud and unpleasantly forceful way, especially in order to get someone to act or think as you want. Example: My marriage broke under the weight of my wife's endless hectoring. That and her constant mental abuse and occasional physical abuse. When she tried kicking me in the nuts with the heavy Sorel winter boots I bought her, and was throwing things at me, “That’s all I can stands, I can’t stands no more!.” Is it any wonder I refer to her as "the bitch", rather than by name?