Thesaurus / bully
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synonyms for bully
- bludgeon
- browbeat
- coerce
- harass
- hector
- oppress
- persecute
- terrorize
- threaten
- torment
- torture
- bluster
- buffalo
- bulldoze
- cow
- domineer
- dragoon
- enforce
- menace
- overbear
- showboat
- swagger
- tyrannize
- despotize
- lean on
- ride roughshod
- turn on the heat
- walk heavy
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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 POSTEveryone 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 POSTWhen people tell you what’s literally going on with them and then people still continue to bully them.
ICYMI: SUMMER WALKER TAKES HOME HER FIRST BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD FOR ‘BEST R&B FEMALE ARTIST’RACHAELL DAVISOCTOBER 16, 2020ESSENCE.COMHe 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 BLADEStudies 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-SCIENCEHe’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, 2020FORTUNEI 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 DICKENSBoth Coulter and Paxton fell upon the bully together and punished him severely.
THE MYSTERY AT PUTNAM HALLARTHUR M. WINFIELDThe 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. WINFIELDWORDS RELATED TO BULLY
- advertise
- aggrandize
- attract attention
- blow
- blow one's own horn
- blow smoke
- bluster
- bully
- cock-a-doodle-doo
- con
- congratulate oneself
- crow
- exaggerate
- exult
- fake
- flatter oneself
- flaunt
- flourish
- gasconade
- give a good account of oneself
- gloat
- glory
- grandstand
- hug oneself
- jive
- lay on thick
- prate
- preen
- psych
- puff
- shoot
- shovel
- show off
- showboat
- shuck
- sling
- sound off
- strut
- swagger
- talk big
- triumph
- vapor
- advertised
- aggrandized
- attracted attention
- blew
- blew one's own horn
- blew smoke
- blustered
- bullied
- cock-a-doodle-dooed
- congratulated oneself
- conned
- crowed
- exaggerated
- exulted
- faked
- flatter oneself
- flaunted
- flourished
- gasconaded
- gave a good account of oneself
- gloated
- gloried
- grandstanded
- hugged oneself
- jived
- lay on thick
- prated
- preened
- psyched
- puffed
- shot
- shoveled
- showboated
- showed off
- shucked
- slung
- sounded off
- strutted
- swaggered
- talked big
- triumphed
- vapored
- advertises
- aggrandizes
- attracts attention
- blows
- blows one's own horn
- blows smoke
- blusters
- bullies
- cock-a-doodle-doos
- congratulates oneself
- cons
- crows
- exaggerates
- exults
- fakes
- flatter oneself
- flaunts
- flourishes
- gasconades
- gives a good account of oneself
- gloats
- glories
- grandstands
- hugs oneself
- jives
- lies on thick
- prates
- preens
- psyches
- puffs
- shoots
- shovels
- showboats
- shows off
- shucks
- slings
- sounds off
- struts
- swaggers
- talks big
- triumphs
- vapors
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