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Definition of Bullying
1. Adjective. Noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others.
2. Noun. The act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something.
Generic synonyms: Aggression
Specialized synonyms: Frightening, Terrorisation, Terrorization
Derivative terms: Intimidate, Intimidate
Definition of Bullying
1. Noun. An act of intimidating a weaker person to do something, especially such repeated coercion. ¹
2. Noun. Persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of bully) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bullying
1. bully [v] - See also: bully
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bullying
Literary usage of Bullying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psychology for Normal Schools by Lawrence Augustus Averill (1921)
"The Teasing and bullying Responses; the Display and Approval Responses What to
... Whether there is any evidence of bullying or teasing on the playground ..."
2. "The Shop": The Story of the Royal Military Academy by Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg (1902)
"... Idleness Causes bullying; Eleven Cadets Dismissed; ... Causes of bullying;
Punishment Nullified by Influence; Forms of bullying; the "Angle of 45°"; ..."
3. Ethical Obligations of the Lawyer by Gleason Leonard Archer (1910)
"bullying In his treatment of the adverse party the same thought should be borne
... bullying the adversary will arouse sympathy for him and thus result in ..."
4. Southern History of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1865)
"bullying in Congress.—Spirit of the Confederate Soldiery.—LINCOLN'S "PEACK
PROCLAMATION."—Its Stupidity, Insolence, and Outrage. ..."
5. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"... Indians— Their Hunt of the Buffalo—Hunters' Feast- Trencher Heroes—bullying
of an Absent Foe—The Damp Comrade—The Indian Spy—Meeting with Hodgkiss—His ..."
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