bullying

Collocations

5

ADJ.

big, done, favorite, insidious, little, other, over, persistent

VERB + BULLYING

brooded, cause, forms, result, stop, subjected, traumatized

BULLYING + NOUN

children, corridor, dan's, electio, harassment, months, school, someone

PREP.

after, in, on, than

ADV.

probably, seemingly, severely

Definitions

noun

1

An act of intimidating a person to do something, especially such repeated coercion.

[Greenland's current Prime Minister Múte] Egede has insisted that Greenland is not for sale and he framed the polling partly as a referendum on Trump's seemingly bellicose bullying, saying the election was a "fateful choice."

2

Persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person.

Bullying is a punishable offense in schools.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do some

intimidation

adjective — noisily domineering

blustery

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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[Greenland's current Prime Minister Múte] Egede has insisted that Greenland is not for sale and he framed the polling partly as a referendum on Trump's seemingly bellicose bullying, saying the electio

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02

Bullying is a punishable offense in schools.

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03

I happened to witness the bullying in the corridor.

Tatoeba · #18136

04

That big boy is bullying the little children.

Tatoeba · #67998

05

In junior high and high schools, they say insidious forms of bullying are on the rise.

Tatoeba · #277473

06

Suicides of high school students as a result of bullying continued one after another.

Tatoeba · #280309