bullied Definition

bully¹
noun

bullies
1. A person who hurts, frightens or torments weaker or smaller people.

Thesaurus: ruffian, tough, tyrant.

verb bullied, bullying

1. To act like a bully towards someone; to threaten or persecute them.
2. To force them to do something they do not want to do.

Thesaurus: browbeat, coerce, intimidate.
Form: bully someone into something (usually)

adj, exclamation

1. dated, colloq
Excellent; very good.

Derivative: bullying
noun

Idiom: bully for you!

colloq, now usually ironic
Good for you! well done!

Etymology: 16c, originally meaning ‘sweetheart', but by the 18c ‘ruffian' or bully boy: from Dutch boele lover.