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bullies

NOUN

domineering person

Synonyms

STRONGEST

oppressor rascal

STRONG

annoyer bulldozer harrier hector persecutor pest rowdy ruffian tease tormenter tough

WEAK

antagonizer browbeater coercer insolent intimidator

VERB

intimidate, push around

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bludgeon browbeat coerce harass hector oppress persecute terrorize threaten torment torture

STRONG

bluster buffalo bulldoze cow domineer dragoon enforce menace overbear showboat swagger tyrannize

WEAK

despotize lean on ride roughshod turn on the heat walk heavy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aid alleviate boost delight help make happy please relieve

WEAK

allow leave alone

Example Sentences

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Unified could have — or should have — done more to protect her from campus bullies.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

This is one site among seven run by the same company, which together house more than 500 XL bullies.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The severity of seemingly mundane, everyday anxieties — school bullies, the prom, graduation, obnoxious Cher-obsessed college roommates — is on par with demons trying to hasten the apocalypse.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

The success of the bearded, ass-kicking Ranger marked a stunning reversal of fortune for Norris, who grew up a shy, unathletic child, who "used to daydream about being strong...to beat up the bullies".

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

So Trout keeps body and soul together as a circulation man for the Ilium Gazette, manages newspaper delivery boys, bullies and flatters and cheats little kids.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut