[syn: blustery, bullying]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
bullying \bullying\ adj.
Noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others.
Syn: blustery.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bully \Bul"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bullied (b[.u]l"l[=e]d);
p. pr. & vb. n. Bullying.]
To intimidate or badger with threats and by an overbearing,
swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully[1] toward.
[1913 Webster]
For the last fortnight there have been prodigious
shoals of volunteers gone over to bully the French,
upon hearing the peace was just signing. --Tatler.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To bluster; swagger; hector; domineer.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bullying
adj 1: noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others [syn:
blustery, bullying]
n 1: the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do
something [syn: bullying, intimidation]