Synonyms for bullying
bul·ly·ing

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1. bullying, intimidationadjective

   the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something

   Synonyms:
   deterrence, intimidation, determent

   Antonyms:
   submissive

2. blustery, bullyingadjective

   noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others

   Synonyms:
   blustery, blusterous, blustering(a)

   Antonyms:
   submissive

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1. bullyingadjective

   Synonyms:
   blustering, swaggering, vaporing, vaunting, hectoring, bluff, gruff, bearish

2. bullyingnoun

   Synonyms:
   blustering, swaggering, bluster, fanfaronade

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1. bullyingadjective

   Synonyms:
   hectoring, swaggering, blustering

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1. List of paraphrases for "bullying":

   intimidation, harassment, hazing, intimidating, brutality, mobbing, enticement

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1. Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel:

   It’s less about revenge and more about specific deterrence, i saw Gawker pioneer a unique and incredibly damaging way of getting attention by bullying people even when there was no connection with the public interest.

2. Mark Schuster:

   We found this persistent pattern across all the grades for bullying and victimization.

3. Tracy Vaillancourt:

   We tend to admire power, but we also tend to abuse power, because we don't talk about achieving power in an appropriate way. Bullying is part of the human condition, but that doesn't make it right. We should be taking care of each other.

4. Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich:

   It sounds like a case of a bullying type of situation.

5. Brian Schatz:

   This is bullying and it is for electoral purposes, do not let the United States Senate bully you into carrying water for those who want to spread misinformation.