Antonyms for bullied
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bool-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʊl i |
Definition of bullied
Origin :- 1851, past participle adjective from bully (v.).
- verb intimidate, push around
- 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
Synonyms for bullied
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