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bullied
Overview of verb bully
The verb bully has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around -- (be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young")
2. browbeat, bully, swagger -- (discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate)
Overview of adj bullied
The adj bullied has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. browbeaten, bullied, cowed, hangdog, intimidated -- (frightened into submission or compliance)
Antonyms of verb bully
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bully
2 senses of bully
Sense 1
strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
=> intimidate
=> frighten, fright, scare, affright
=> stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> make, create
Sense 2
browbeat, bully, swagger
=> wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle
=> persuade
=> induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb bully
1 of 2 senses of bully
Sense 1
strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
=> tyrannize, tyrannise, domineer
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bully
2 senses of bully
Sense 1
strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
=> intimidate
Sense 2
browbeat, bully, swagger
=> wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle
'Cause To' of verb bully
Derived Forms of verb bully
1 of 2 senses of bully
Sense 2
browbeat, bully, swagger
RELATED TO>(noun) bully#1
=> bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo
Domain of verb bully
Domain Terms of verb bully
Familiarity of verb bully
bully used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb bully
2 senses of bully
Sense 1
strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
browbeat, bully, swagger
EX: They bully him into writing the letter
EX: They want to bully the prisoners
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb bully
2 senses of bully
Sense 1
strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
> intimidate
=> hold over
=> strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
Sense 2
browbeat, bully, swagger
> wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle
=> soft-soap
=> browbeat, bully, swagger
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb bully
Sense 1
strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
=> intimidate
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Sense 2
browbeat, bully, swagger
=> wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle
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Grep of verb bully
bully
bully off
bullyrag
Antonyms of adj bullied
1 sense of bullied
Sense 1
browbeaten, bullied, cowed, hangdog, intimidated
INDIRECT (VIA afraid) -> unafraid, fearless
Similarity of adj bullied
1 sense of bullied
Sense 1
browbeaten, bullied, cowed, hangdog, intimidated
=> afraid(predicate)(vs. unafraid)
Pertainyms of adj bullied
Attributes of adj bullied
Domain of adj bullied
Domain Terms of adj bullied
Familiarity of adj bullied
bullied used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj bullied
bullied
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