bullying

Meaning of bullying

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable).
    her 11- year-old son has been constantly bullied at school
    a local man was bullied into helping them

mid 16th century: probably from Middle Dutch boele ‘lover’. Original use was as a term of endearment applied to either sex; it later became a familiar form of address to a male friend. The current sense dates from the late 17th century.

verb, gerund or present participle

(in field hockey) start play with a bully.

late 19th century (originally denoting a scrum in Eton football): of unknown origin.

Information about bullying

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of bullying

bul-ly-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • bullying is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

bullying synonyms

Meaning blustery:

blustery

Meaning intimidation:

intimidation

Meaning harass or annoy (someone) persistently:

persecute

Meaning keep (someone) in subjection and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority:

oppress

Meaning rule or treat (someone) despotically or cruelly:

tyrannize

Meaning annoy or provoke in an unkind way:

torment

Meaning intimidate (someone), typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words:

browbeat

Meaning frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants:

intimidate

Meaning a fully grown female animal of a domesticated breed of ox, kept to produce milk or beef:

cow

Meaning persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats:

coerce

Meaning bring under domination or control, especially by conquest:

subjugate

Meaning assert one's will over another in an arrogant way:

domineer

Meaning attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something:

pressure, pressurize

Meaning compel or force (someone) to follow a particular course of action:

constrain

Meaning move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force:

press

Meaning exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself:

push

Meaning make (someone) do something against their will:

force

Meaning force or oblige (someone) to do something:

compel

Meaning make (someone) legally or morally bound to do something:

oblige

Meaning harass, persecute, or pursue relentlessly:

hound

Meaning subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation:

harass

Meaning harass (someone) constantly to do something that they are averse to:

nag

Meaning persistently carry out attacks on (an enemy or an enemy's territory):

harry

Meaning repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester:

badger

Meaning provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction:

goad

Meaning poke with a finger, foot, or pointed object:

prod

Meaning trouble or annoy (someone) with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions:

pester

Meaning pressurize (someone) into adopting radically different beliefs by using systematic and often forcible means:

brainwash

Meaning force or bully (someone) to do something:

bludgeon

Meaning induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument:

persuade

Meaning have an influence on:

influence

Meaning coerce (someone) into doing something:

dragoon

Meaning a gambling card game in which players try to acquire cards with a face value totalling 21 and no more:

blackjack

Meaning use force insensitively when dealing with (someone or something):

bulldoze

Meaning rush or coerce (someone) into doing something:

railroad

Meaning (with reference to an object, especially a ball) move quickly up, back, or away from a surface after hitting it:

bounce

Meaning push roughly; jostle:

hustle

Anagrams of bullying

unglibly

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