noun
- The act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something.
- synonyms: intimidation
verb
- Be bossy towards.
- usage: "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"
- synonyms: strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
- Discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate.
adjective
- Noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others.
- synonyms: blustery
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