Word Finder - bullies

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A person who is intentionally, physically, or emotionally cruel to others; especially to those who are weaker or have less power or privilege.

example

A playground bully pushed a girl off the swing.

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A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.

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A hired thug.

synonyms

• henchman
• thug

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A sex worker’s minder.

synonyms

• pimp

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Bully beef.

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A brisk, dashing fellow.

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The small scrum in the Eton College field game.

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Various small freshwater or brackishwater fish of the family Eleotridae; sleeper goby.

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An (eldest) brother; a fellow workman; comrade

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A companion; mate (male or female).

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A darling, sweetheart (male or female).

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A standoff between two players from the opposing teams, who repeatedly hit each other's hockey sticks and then attempt to acquire the ball, as a method of resuming the game in certain circumstances.

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A miner's hammer.

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To intimidate (someone) as a bully.

example

You shouldn't bully people for being gay.

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To act aggressively towards.

synonyms

• push around
• ride roughshod over

He attested, They're a bunch of bullies.

Remember in grade school when one of those bullies would put you in a half-nelson or whatever you call it, and twist your arm up your back?

Sometimes victims become bullies themselves in order to feel more powerful and less hurt.

The school bullies laughed at his abasement.

It's important to be aware of cyber bullies while chatting.

The bullies became targets of her retribution.

Let's face it; cyber bullies are everywhere.

Tom had a penchant for heavy metal music and two bullies for older brothers.

Where bullies were named, these were both boys and girls, although boys were blamed for most of the petty annoyances.

In an age of political cronyism and corporate bullies scientists, in the eyes of the public are vulnerable to temptation.

If someone bullies, threatens, or harasses you, notify the moderator immediately.

A person who bullies may behave in this intimidating way in order to get attention or to make them feel superior to others.

Forget teenage hoodies and football yobs, Britain is a nation under siege from an epidemic of pet bullies!

Forget teenage hoodies and football yobs, Britain is a nation under siege from an epidemic of pet bullies !

Phin practically withered under the derisive grins of the school bullies.

They can help you come up with a plan for navigating the school, making friends, dealing with bullies, or anything else that might be worrying you.

Bullies have garnered increasing attention in recent years, namely because of the Columbine school shooting of 1999.

We know bullies can be found at every age, and from every walk of life.

Many bullies have a rocky home life with little warmth and affection.

Parents of bullies tend to use inconsistent discipline and don't monitor their children's whereabouts as much as some other parents.

The world has always had bullies and probably always will.

Every time one of these terrible incidents rears its ugly head, it seems that the music and performers of that music are the ones we blame, not the bullies at school, not the parents, nor the guns and depression.

High school bullies bring to mind stolen lunch money and fights behind the bleachers.

The final set of commonalities discovered includes these typical behaviors exhibited by bullies.

Although many schools are working hard to educate young pre-teens and teens by giving them tools to handle bullies or to avoid bullying, there is still much work to be done in this area.

There are times when getting help is the only way the bullies will stop.

One of the harder parts of being a teen in this day and age is trying to figure out how to handle bullies.

Bullying has risen in media attention over the last few years, and few are willing to let bullies take the life of another teen.

While age old tales about standing up to bullies exist, is this actually the best way for teens to get through bullying?

Bullies look for weaker teens to pick on.

Show bullies that you aren't as weak as they thought, and you may solve some of your problems.

If none of these methods of how to handle bullies work for you and your life, try to talk to someone you trust about the situation.

The family moved often, which meant Cruise was accustomed to the role of new kid on the block who had to work hard to fit in or face the wrath of bullies.

However, research shows that most parents aren't thinking about cyber bullies; most are more concerned with their child coming across a pornography Web site.

There were other taunts, Web searches on suicide, and, ultimately, threats to kill himself to get back at school bullies.

Don't respond back - bullies are looking for and love an emotional reaction.

One would expect due to media reports that online predators were making more headway than cyber bullies were in online harassment.

Talking with your children about online predators and bullies is very important, and your first line of defense.

Children with overly developed self-esteem may tend to be bullies, while children with lower self-esteem may become the victims of bullies.

Bullies are aggressive children who repeatedly physically or emotionally abuse, torment, or victimize smaller, weaker, or younger children.

Boys who are bullies tend to resort to one-on-one physical aggression, while girls tend to bully as a group through social exclusion and the spreading of rumors.

Bullying begins at a very early age; it is not uncommon to find bullies in preschool.

Until about age seven, bullies appear to choose their victims at random.

Nearly twice as much bullying goes on in grades two to four as in grades six to eight, and, as bullies grow older, they tend to use less physical abuse and more verbal abuse.

Bullies are often popular among their peers until about sixth grade.

By high school, however, their social acceptance diminishes to the point that their only "friends" are other bullies.

Despite their unpopularity, bullies have relatively high self-esteem, perhaps because they process social information inaccurately.

For example, bullies attribute hostile intentions to people around them and therefore perceive provocation where it does not exist.

Children who become the targets of bullies generally have a negative view of violence and go out of their way to avoid conflict.

Sometimes the victims of bullies are larger, stronger, or older than the bully but allow the bullying to continue because they are intimidated, do not believe in violence, or are taught non-violence by their parents.