bully
1. a cruel and brutal fellow (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy,
yob, yobo, yobbo
• Derivationally related forms:
ruffianly (for: ruffian)
• Hypernyms:
attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter
• Hyponyms:
bullyboy, muscleman, muscle, skinhead, tough guy, plug-ugly
2. a hired thug
• Hypernyms:
hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug,
tough, toughie, strong-armer
1. be bossy towards
- Her big brother always bullied her when she was young
• Syn:
strong-arm, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around,
hector, push around
• Hypernyms:
intimidate
• Hyponyms:
tyrannize, tyrannise, domineer
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner;
intimidate
• Syn:
browbeat, swagger
• Hypernyms:
wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax,
sweet-talk, inveigle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
- They bully him into writing the letter
- They want to bully the prisoners
very good (Freq. 1)
- he did a bully job
- a neat sports car
- had a great time at the party
- you look simply smashing
• Syn:
bang-up, corking, cracking, dandy, great,
groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy,
slap-up, swell, smashing
• Similar to:
good
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
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