Synonyms for BULLYING
bul·ly·ing

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1. bullying, intimidationadjective

   the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something

   Synonyms:
   deterrence, bullying, intimidation, determent

   Antonyms:
   submissive

2. blustery, bullyingadjective

   noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others

   Synonyms:
   bullying, blustery, blusterous, blustering(a)

   Antonyms:
   submissive

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1. bullyingadjective

   Synonyms:
   blustering, swaggering, vaporing, vaunting, hectoring, bluff, gruff, bearish

2. bullyingnoun

   Synonyms:
   blustering, swaggering, bluster, fanfaronade

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1. bullyingadjective

   Synonyms:
   hectoring, swaggering, blustering

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1. List of paraphrases for "bullying":

   intimidation, harassment, hazing, intimidating, brutality, mobbing, enticement

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1. Maci Young:

   There’s a zero-tolerance [policy] for bullying, but the teachers just did that to her. Not because they wanted to, but because they are forced to by our governor.

2. Chuck Schumer:

   I understand those who are outraged at the hypocrisy of this President when he complains about bullying, harassment and nastiness when it's used against him or his allies and he uses it as a regular tool every day, but the President's tactics and behavior should never be emulated. It should be repudiated by organized, well-informed and passionate advocacy.

3. Emily Odesser:

   It’s been a normal part of my life, I’ve been experiencing it for a while, I don’t even really like to use the word suffering but there was a lot of trauma for me in middle and high school that came at the effect of bullying and I’m still going through those to this day.

4. Trevor Bidelman:

   What this boils down to is that [ in past negotiations ] everybody had been willing to compromise to avoid a fight, they've been bullying us at the table for some time. Now our members are angry, angry at the total disrespect they're continuing to show us. We're digging our feet in.

5. Amanda McGough:

   We know that victims of bullying can experience negative impacts across all domains of their lives, it infringes upon their mental, emotional, physical, social and academic functioning. This may look like low self-esteem, depression, isolation, physical complaints like headaches or stomachaches, or avoiding going to school.