Thesaurus
bully
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of BULLY
1
to inflict physical or emotional harm upon <children who had been bullied by their father since infancy>
Synonyms brutalize, bully, ill-treat, ill-use, kick around, maltreat, manhandle, mess over [slang], mishandle, mistreat, misuse
2
to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats <the older boys constantly bullied him to the point where he was afraid to walk home alone>
Related Words bluster, trash-talk; affright, alarm (also alarum), frighten, horrify, scare, shock, spook, startle, terrify; menace, terrorize, threaten; badger, harass, hound; bludgeon, coerce, compel, constrain, dragoon, force, make, oblige, press, pressure, push around; demoralize, psych (out), unman, unnerve; discompose, disconcert, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, upset
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