Bullying
['bʊlɪɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something.
Edited by Constantine--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bully
Typed by Anton
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Blustering, swaggering, vaporing, vaunting, hectoring, bluff, gruff, bearish.
n. Blustering, swaggering, bluster, fanfaronade.
Checker: Selma
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See BLUSTERING]
Typist: Pansy
Examples
- This straightforward bullying was met by abject submission. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They want this bullying to occur. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Is THAT spiritual, her bullying, her conceit, her sordid materialism? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- No; but before I go on, said Stryver, shaking his head in his bullying way, I'll have this out with you. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He darted into the hall, and a few moments later his bullying voice sounded from the back room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The poor soul grew so timid that she actually left off bullying Briggs any more, and clung to her niece, more fond and terrified every day. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- His bullying, overbearing manner was all gone too, and he cringed along at my companion's side like a dog with its master. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- That august body then passed from a bullying mood to one of extreme panic. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is all possessions, possessions, bullying you and turning you into a generalisation. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I was bullying a little boy; and he served me right. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It's your bullying will. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Even Hamper wi' all his bullying, would ha' waited a while--but it's a word and a blow wi' Thornton. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
Editor: Mervin