Bullying

//ˈbʊ.li.ɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act of intimidating a person to do something, especially such repeated coercion. countable, uncountable

    "[Greenland's current Prime Minister Múte] Egede has insisted that Greenland is not for sale and he framed the polling partly as a referendum on Trump's seemingly bellicose bullying, saying the election was a "fateful choice.""

  2. 2
    the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something wordnet
  3. 3
    Persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person. countable, uncountable

    "Bullying is a punishable offense in schools."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of bully form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
abusivebluffblusteringblusteryblusteryboisterous

Example

More examples

"I happened to witness the bullying in the corridor."

Etymology

From bully + -ing.

Related phrases

e-bullying

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