bully

Speech parts

1. bully - Noun

2. bully - Adjective

3. bully - Verb

4. bully - Interjection

5. bully - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.

A brisk, dashing fellow.

Jovial and blustering; dashing.

Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse.

To intimidate with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully toward.

To act as a bully.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hector swagger great dandy peachy nifty corking tough keen cracking swell neat smashing rowdy groovy
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Antonyms

house mew ponce barrack tut harbour
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Hypernyms

hood blarney goon punk tough attacker

Hyponyms

skin muscle skinhead domineer tyrannize muscleman

Phrases with the word

XL bully bully XL bully-boy tactics bully blade bully tree gum bully staffy

Derivatives

bullies bullied bullying

Examples

Her big brother always bullied her when she was young Source: Internet

he did a bully job Source: Internet

a neat sports car Source: Internet

had a great time at the party Source: Internet

you look simply smashing Source: Internet

we had a grand old time Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

bullwhip kelp bullwhipping bullwort bully beef bully blade bully boy