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Synonyms for bully
ˈbʊl ibul·ly
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bullyverb
Well done!
She's finally leaving her abusive husband bully for her!
Synonyms:
ride roughshod over, super, marvellous, superb, top-notch, splendid, hector, browbeat, intimidate, marvelous, excellent, bravo, well donebullynoun
A hired thug.
Synonyms:
push around, ride roughshod over, henchman, thugbullynoun
A prostitute’s minder; a pimp.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
bully
Synonyms:
swashbuckler, swaggerer, braggadocio
Princeton's WordNet
bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbonoun
a cruel and brutal fellow
Synonyms:
yobo, hoodlum, toughie, rowdy, hood, hooligan, goon, yobbo, yob, strong-armer, tough, roughneck, ruffian, street fighter, punk, thugAntonyms:
badbullyadjective
a hired thug
Synonyms:
yobbo, tough, roughneck, hooligan, yob, ruffian, rowdy, yoboAntonyms:
badbang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashingverb
very good
"he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
Antonyms:
badstrong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push aroundverb
be bossy towards
"Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"
Synonyms:
hector, strong-arm, push around, boss around, bullyrag, swagger, browbeat, ballyragAntonyms:
badbrowbeat, bully, swaggerverb
discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
Synonyms:
ballyrag, tittup, sashay, swash, swagger, boss around, strong-arm, push around, bullyrag, hector, prance, strut, bluster, ruffle, browbeat, cockAntonyms:
bad
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
bullynoun
Synonyms:
blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, hector, fire-eater, hotspur, mock herobullyverb
Synonyms:
browbeat, overbear, treat insolently
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1209 | super | |
#1353 | excellent | |
#2152 | cock | |
#3079 | raw | |
#4253 | gross | |
#4924 | tough | |
#5312 | punk | |
#5740 | hood | |
#7377 | superb | |
#14459 | bravo | |
#15458 | splendid | |
#16587 | pimp | |
#18365 | hector | |
#19151 | marvelous | |
#19988 | thug | |
#20516 | bully | |
#22870 | strut | |
#23477 | brute | |
#29587 | marvellous | |
#30518 | ponce | |
#30993 | tyrant | |
#34901 | ruffle | |
#37463 | intimidate | |
#39046 | rowdy | |
#47189 | goon | |
#57008 | swash | |
#63124 | yakuza | |
#64843 | swagger | |
#66039 | hooligan | |
#74726 | yob | |
#77910 | hoodlum | |
#83246 | henchman | |
#88167 | bluster | |
#96200 | ruffian | |
#101917 | swashbuckler | |
#111189 | prance | |
#124018 | roughneck | |
#164069 | yobbo | |
#186203 | braggadocio | |
#198456 | sashay | |
#207297 | browbeat | |
#236136 | toughie | |
#256940 | yobo |
How to use bully in a sentence?
With the 2020 president election looming on the horizon, I feel as a Republican that I need to be able to support the standard bearer of our party. Unfortunately, that is not something I am able to do, he sets, in my opinion, a poor example for the nation and particularly for our children by personally insulting -- often in a crude and juvenile fashion -- those who disagree with him, being a bully at a time when we we are attempting to discourage bullying, his frequent disregard for the truth and his willingness to ridicule or marginalize people for their appearance, ethnicity or disability.
We have long since passed the stage where, without wanting another Cold War, we have to react to the fact Xi seems to want one himself, seems to want to be able to bully his way to whatever he thinks China wants.
Well, if partial sanctions and seven out of 300 banks is the best that the Western world can do to stop one single bully and murderer, then probably this is something wrong with this world.
The president has a powerful bully pulpit and a powerful tweet, i would not want to take him on in either of those concerns.
In a commodity driven jurisdiction, we believe a 105 day minimum will result in more bully M&A and proxy battles.
Translations for bully
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- boelieAfrikaans
- مستأسدArabic
- побойник, главорез, първокласен, хулиган, заплашвам, тиранизирамBulgarian
- šikanovatCzech
- tyrannisere, herse med, mobbe, udmærket, fint, bølle, tyran, finDanish
- Bully, Tyrann, kujonieren, tyrannisieren, Rabauke, Schikaneur, einschüchtern, schikanieren, drangsalierenGerman
- ĉikani, ĉikanulo, braveEsperanto
- matón, abusador, intimidar, pendenciero, perdonavidas, tiranizar, bravucón, abusón, sicario, peleón, chulear, acosar, matasieteSpanish
- kiusaja, riiukukk, türanniseerima, türann, terroriseerimaEstonian
- گردن کلفتPersian
- kiusaaja, kiusata, pahoinpitelijäFinnish
- tyran, tourmenter, terroriser, maltraiter, brute, bravoFrench
- ansmachtaí, ansmachtaighIrish
- maoidh, maoidhear, burraidh, pulaidhScottish Gaelic
- בריוןHebrew
- megfélemlítHungarian
- կռվարարArmenian
- menggertakIndonesian
- bullo, spaccone, arrogante, smargiasso, prepotenteItalian
- 苛める, 苛め, 苛めっ子Japanese
- 곯리다Korean
- corruptor, saevusLatin
- tītarakura, hawaiMāori
- заплашува, тиранизира, силеџија, насилник, застрашуваMacedonian
- wreedaard, pestkop, treiteren, treiteraar, pesten, jennen, bullebakDutch
- intimidar, oprimir, atormentar, tiranizar, valente, rufião, valentão, bravo, bulir, aterrorizar, maltratarPortuguese
- tiran, intimidaRomanian
- громила, хулиган, запугивать, застращать, тиранизировать, задрать, терроризировать, задира, забияка, тиран, запугать, стращать, задиратьRussian
- mobbare, mobbaSwedish
- புல்லிTamil
- zorbaTurkish
- хуліганUkrainian
- đầu gấuVietnamese
- פאַרטשעפּעןYiddish
- 欺負Chinese
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