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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