BULLYING Synonyms
There are 27 hypernyms of the word bullying. (close relations)
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| domineering | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • tending to domineer | ||||||
| humiliating | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • causing awareness of your shortcomings | ||||||
| intimidating | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • discouraging through fear | ||||||
| mocking | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule • playfully vexing (especially by ridicule) | ||||||
| provoking | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • causing or tending to cause anger or resentment | ||||||
| teasing | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
noun • the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances • playful vexation • the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb adjective satellite • playfully vexing (especially by ridicule) • arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it • causing irritation or annoyance | ||||||
| threatening | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments • darkened by clouds | ||||||
| assaulting | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • close fighting during the culmination of a military attack • thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946 • a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped • the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will verb • attack someone physically or emotionally • force (someone) to have sex against their will • attack in speech or writing | ||||||
| browbeating | verb, nounv, n | |||||
verb • be bossy towards • discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate | ||||||
| coercing | verbv | |||||
verb • to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means | ||||||
| harassing | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
verb • annoy continually or chronically • exhaust by attacking repeatedly | ||||||
| hazing | nounn | |||||
noun • atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility • confusion characterized by lack of clarity verb • become hazy, dull, or cloudy • harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions | ||||||
| oppressing | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
verb • come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority • cause to suffer | ||||||
| persecuting | verbv | |||||
verb • cause to suffer | ||||||
| pressuring | verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj | |||||
noun • the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit) • a force that compels • the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure • the state of demanding notice or attention • the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin • an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress • the pressure exerted by the atmosphere verb • to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means • exert pressure on someone through threats | ||||||
| ridiculing | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate • the act of deriding or treating with contempt verb • subject to laughter or ridicule | ||||||
| tormenting | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • unbearable physical pain • extreme mental distress • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented • a severe affliction • the act of harassing someone verb • torment emotionally or mentally • treat cruelly • subject to torture | ||||||
| tyrannizing | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
verb • rule a country as a tyrant • rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner | ||||||
| victimizing | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
verb • make a victim of • punish unjustly • deprive of by deceit | ||||||
| push around | verbv | |||||
verb • be bossy towards | ||||||