Word

bully, v.
(bullied, bullies, bullying)

discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
<verb.communication>

browbeat bully swagger

verb frames

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Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
They %s him into writing the letter

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Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
They %s him into writing the letter
They want to %s the prisoners

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Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

bully

semantic pointers

hypernym

coax, wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, sweet-talk, inveigle

be bossy towards
<verb.emotion> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

ballyrag boss around browbeat bully bullyrag hector push around strong-arm

sample sentences

"Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody

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Somebody ----s somebody
They want to %s the prisoners

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Somebody ----s somebody

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Somebody ----s somebody

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Somebody ----s somebody

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Somebody ----s somebody

semantic pointers

hypernym

intimidate

hyponym

domineer, tyrannize, tyrannise