| NOUN | person | bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo | a cruel and brutal fellow |
|---|---|---|---|
| person | bully | a hired thug | |
| VERB | emotion | bully, strong-arm, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around | be bossy towards |
| communication | bully, browbeat, swagger | discourage or frighten with threats / threats or a domineering manner | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | bully, bang-up, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing, old | very good |
| Sounds | buh'liy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ably ... zealously: 1543 rhymes with liy... | |
| Meaning | Very good. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he did a bully job" | |
| Synonyms | bang-up, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing, old | |
| Broader | good | Having desirable / desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | bárbaro, bestial, brutal, chachi, enorme, fenomenal, genial, gran, guay, súper | |
| Catalan | bestial, brutal, enorme, excel·lent, fantàstic, fenomenal, genial, gran, guai, súper | |
| Meaning | A cruel and brutal fellow. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo | |
| Narrower | bullyboy | A swaggering tough |
| muscleman, muscle | A bully employed as a thug or bodyguard | |
| skinhead, skin | A young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations | |
| tough guy, plug-ugly | someone who bullies weaker people | |
| Broader | attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter | someone who attacks |
| Spanish | bullanguero, camorrista, gallito, gamberra, gamberro, gorila, hampón, hooligan, matachín, matasiete, matón, patotero, pendenciero, perdonavidas, rufian, rufián, vándala, vándalo | |
| Catalan | batusser, bergant, breguista, cercabregues, fanàtic, gall, gamberro, goril·la, matón, perdonavides, pinxo, rufià, vàndal | |
| Verbs | bully | discourage or frighten with threats / threats or a domineering manner |
| Meaning | A hired thug. | |
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| Broader | hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer | An aggressive and violent young criminal |
| Spanish | matón | |
| Meaning | Be bossy towards. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | strong-arm, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around | |
| Narrower | tyrannize, tyrannise, domineer | Rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner |
| Broader | intimidate | make timid or fearful |
| Spanish | atemorizar, intimidar | |
| Catalan | intimidar | |
| Meaning | discourage or frighten with threats / threats or a domineering manner; intimidate. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something | |
| Model | They bully him into writing the letter; They want to bully the prisoners | |
| Synonyms | browbeat, swagger | |
| Broader | wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle | Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering |
| Spanish | atemorizar, intimidar | |
| Catalan | intimidar | |
| Nouns | bully | a cruel and brutal fellow |
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