Thesaurus: bully
A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.
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Definitions
- n. A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.
- n. A brisk, dashing fellow.
- a. Jovial and blustering; dashing.
- a. Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse.
- v. t. To intimidate with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully toward.
- v. i. To act as a bully.
- adj. excellent
- n. a cruel and brutal fellow
- n. a hired thug
- v. be bossy towards
- v. discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate