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Grammar : Verb
Spell : bool-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʊl i



Definition of bullied

Origin :
  • 1851, past participle adjective from bully (v.).
  • verb intimidate, push around
Example sentences :
  • Why, they've hounded you and bullied you until they've made you think you are bad, Andrew.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Yes, he has been so harsh to you; but it is his nature, he is so to every one, and you are not the only one whom he has bullied.
  • Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
  • And all that time they had submitted to be bullied and blustered at.
  • Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
  • He hated all cats but his own cat, by whom he was bullied in a most outrageous way.
  • Extract from : « A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs » by Laurence Hutton
  • But after a quarrel, when the laundress had bullied her, the old woman was not sparing in her allusions.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Father,” she said, “are you going to let yourself be bullied by—by that thing?
  • Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
  • He was not going to be bullied, let the owner's wife trust whom she liked.
  • Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
  • Why were the poor men to be threatened, intimidated, bullied by armed force?
  • Extract from : « Recollections » by David Christie Murray
  • He likewise had a good many Malays, and bullied every one in his vicinity.
  • Extract from : « The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido » by Henry Keppel
  • He dreaded to abandon his mother to the father who bullied them both.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various

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