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Adjective bullying has 1 sense
- blustery, bullying - noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others
Antonym: submissive (indirect, via domineering)
Noun bullying has 1 sense
- bullying, intimidation - the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something
--1 is a kind of aggression
--1 has particulars: terrorization, terrorisation, frightening
Verb bully has 2 senses
- strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around - be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"
--1 is one way to intimidate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- browbeat, bully, swagger - discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
--2 is one way to wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle
Sample sentences:
They bully him into writing the letter
They want to bully the prisoners
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