bullying

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An act of intimidating a person to do something, especially such repeated coercion.
2. (countable, uncountable) Persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person.

Verb

present participle and gerund of bully

Synonyms

mobbing

harassment

bad-tempered

hazing

blustery

cranky

intimidation

cruel

quarrelling

violent

quarrelsome

highfaluting

intimidatory

lynch

McCarthyism

menacing

naughty

ostentatious

overblown

pretentious

rough

rude

spiteful

teasing

terrorization

torment

troublesome

unmanageable

unruly

uppity

noyance

teaching Buddhism

rough person

ostentatious bravado

over-familiar

abuse

over-bold

over-bearing

ill-behaved

annoying

terrorisation

beating

bedevilment

big

bluster

destructive

expansive

grandiloquent

grandiose

haughty

highfalutin

Translations

Mobbing

acoso

brimades

intimidación

Schikane

harcèlement

pesten

tyrannisierend

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbʊl.i.ɪŋ/

Etymology

From bully + -ing.