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Bully Very Common

Bully has 9 different meanings across 4 categories:

Noun · Verb · Adjective · Intj

Definitions
Noun
1

a cruel and brutal fellow

"The new student refused to make eye contact when the notorious bully walked past his desk."

2

a hired thug

"The gang sent a local bully to intimidate their rivals, but he was quickly beaten up by two of them."

3

A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege.

"The older student kept pushing the new kid around until he finally had enough and told a teacher what was happening."

Verb
1

be bossy towards

"Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"

2

discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

"The new transfer student refused to let the senior bully him into skipping class again."

3

To intimidate (someone) as a bully.

"The older student tried to bully the younger one into giving up his lunch money by standing in front of him and shouting threats."

Adjective
1

very good

"he did a bully job"

"a neat sports car"

"had a great time at the party"

"you look simply smashing"

"we had a grand old time"

2

Very good.

"The new software update is a real bully when it comes to speeding up my old computer."

Intj
1

Well done!

"After months of hard work and finally acing her final exam, Sarah couldn't help but feel like a real bully when she told her nervous classmates how easy the test had been."

Example Sentences
"Her big brother always bullied her when she was young" verb
"he did a bully job" adjective
"a neat sports car" adjective
"had a great time at the party" adjective
"you look simply smashing" adjective
"we had a grand old time" adjective
See Also
behind bully beef hectoringly push around swaggerer horizontal hostility huffer schoolyardish
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
attacker hood intimidate wheedle
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
bullyboy muscleman skinhead tough guy tyrannize
Rhyming Words
lly ally illy elly olly tilly felly cilly colly dilly nelly gelly pilly dally pelly lally gally jilly mally celly
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