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bully

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noundomineering person

verbintimidate, push around

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See also synonyms for: bullied / bullies / bullying

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Childhood was rough for Guy Frankenstein, 54, who got bullied for both his first and last name.

WHEN YOUR LAST NAME IS FRANKENSTEIN AND IT’S HALLOWEENKELLIE B. GORMLYOCTOBER 30, 2020WASHINGTON POST

Everyone thinks he’s so cool that he gets to go to the NHL, but I don’t see how someone can be cool when you pick on someone and bully someone your entire life.

COYOTES RENOUNCE DRAFT RIGHTS TO PLAYER WHO ADMITTED TO HORRIFIC BULLYING INCIDENTMATT BONESTEELOCTOBER 29, 2020WASHINGTON POST

“I have never seen a hearing so close to an election on any topic,” Schatz began, arguing that the Senate is supposed to stay out of such matters “This is bullying, and it is for electoral purposes.”

FACEBOOK, GOOGLE, TWITTER CEOS CLASH WITH CONGRESS IN PRE-ELECTION SHOWDOWNTONY ROMM, RACHEL LERMAN, CAT ZAKRZEWSKI, HEATHER KELLY, ELIZABETH DWOSKINOCTOBER 28, 2020WASHINGTON POST

When people tell you what’s literally going on with them and then people still continue to bully them.

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He was bullied, of course, and though there were a few guys in his class that he called friends, he never truly knew whom he could trust.

A SWEET BOOK ABOUT FIRST LOVETERRI SCHLICHENMEYEROCTOBER 11, 2020WASHINGTON BLADE

Studies suggest kids who are bullied or exposed to dangerous situations are more likely to have paranormal fantasies, a trend psychologists also found in adults with a history of childhood trauma.

WHY DO WE SEE GHOSTS?JAKE BITTLEOCTOBER 6, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE

He’d seen him bully doctors into giving both himself and his athletes prescription drugs they didn’t have a medical need for.

INSIDE A SECRET RUNNING PROGRAM AT NIKE AND A WIN-AT-ALL-COSTS CORPORATE CULTURERACHEL KINGOCTOBER 6, 2020FORTUNE

I think if you give me a full and unlimited commission to bully Giles and that little boy, Brittles, I can manage it.

OLIVER TWIST, VOL. II (OF 3)CHARLES DICKENS

Both Coulter and Paxton fell upon the bully together and punished him severely.

THE MYSTERY AT PUTNAM HALLARTHUR M. WINFIELD

The pair told Ritter what they thought of him, and each declared that he was going to expose the bully to Captain Putnam.

THE MYSTERY AT PUTNAM HALLARTHUR M. WINFIELD

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