BULLIED
BULLY
browbeat, bully, swagger
(verb) discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
bully, strong-arm, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
(verb) be bossy towards; “Her big brother always bullied her when she was young”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
bullied
simple past tense and past participle of bully
Adjective
bullied (comparative more bullied, superlative most bullied)
Having been a victim of a bully.
Anagrams
• Bulleid, duebill
Source: Wiktionary
BULLY
Bul"ly, n.; pl. Bullies (. Etym: [Cf. LG. bullerjaan, bullerbäk, bullerbrook, a blusterer, D. bulderaar a bluster, bulderen to bluster; prob. of imitative origin; or cf. MHG. buole lover, G. buhle.]
1. A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow. Bullies seldom execute the threats they deal in. Palmerston.
2. A brisk, dashing fellow. [Slang Obs.] Shak.
Bul"ly, a.
1. Jovial and blustering; dashing. [Slang] "Bless thee, bully doctor." Shak.
2. Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse. [Slang, U.S.]
Bul"ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bullied; p. pr. & vb. n. Bullying.]
Definition: To intimidate with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully toward. For the last fortnight there have been prodigious shoals of volunteers gone over to bully the French, upon hearing the peace was just signing. Tatler.
Syn.
– To bluster; swagger; hector; domineer.
Bul"ly, v. i.
Definition: To act as a bully.
Bul"ly, n., Bul"ly beef`. [F. bouilli boiled meat, fr. bouillir to boil. See Boil, v. The word bouilli was formerly commonly used on the labels of canned beef.]
Definition: Pickled or canned beef.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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