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adjective

as in intimidated

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verb

past tense of bully
1
as in abused
to inflict physical or emotional harm upon the kindergarten teacher explained why it was wrong to bully classmates

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2
as in frightened
to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats the manager was fired for bullying employees

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Recent Examples of bullied
Verb
Yes, Stark has painted, or, more accurately, anodized, powder-coated, and otherwise bullied into submission just about everything to black. — New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026 Newcastle were not only beaten, but they were also bullied and battered into submission — physically overpowered and outplayed in every facet. — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Three current and former SEIU California executive directors, all women of color, told Brennand that Regan had bullied them, the report said. — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 So much about the two circumstances is different, many of them instituted by Key because of losses like the one to Pitt (though that makes getting bullied by Colorado only more perplexing). — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Elon was often bullied at school, Errol describes, and once his son was beaten so badly his face was unrecognizable. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026 Vazquez wrote of being bullied and of years of ridicule and rejection. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 View this post on Instagram Priscilla Villanueva said her son, Dakota Cabrera, has been bullied for wearing his hair in a braid, but seeing Pete do the same gives him hope. — Marissa Armas, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 Trump has all but severed America’s system of alliances, mocked and bullied Ukraine’s president, and showered praise upon Kim Jong Un. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bullied
  1. intimidated
  2. abused
  3. frightened
  4. oppressed
  5. tortured
  6. browbeaten
  7. crushed
  8. downtrodden
Adjective
  • Romania's Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism accused Andrew Tate of having sex with two minors and alleged that Tristan Tate helped his brother and intimidated victims.
    — Bill Chappell, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The biggest hurdle, though, is simply believing the Elle Woods who learns to prove her doubters wrong at 16 would be so intimidated when faced with doing it again at 22.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 June 2026
Definition of intimidated
Verb
  • That body, established in 2017 in response to the crimes of Larry Nassar, the Michigan physician who serially abused young gymnasts, can investigate misconduct, including nonsexual misconduct, in any Olympic sport.
    — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Two other people claimed to have been abused by the artist during their childhood, according to Libération, but are also not included in the case headed to trial because the incidents took place too far in the past.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of abused
Verb
  • Last Friday, the artist Pink published a lengthy criticism of Macklemore’s on-stage polemic, writing that his comments and use of violent wartime imagery had frightened many Jewish people, including her.
    — Caitlin Dewey, Vox, 16 Sep. 2026
  • However, Stone told Bialik that she was not frightened by the encounter.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of frightened
Adjective
  • The aching reality of life for oppressed Black people is never explicitly referred to.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
  • All of us artists could stand to be more like Mark, willing to speak out for oppressed people everywhere, even when powerful people try to bully us into silence.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of oppressed
Verb
  • Two students who had been visiting the palace, Eduardo Matson Ospino and Yolanda Ernestina Santodomingo, were allegedly classified as especiales, taken to a military facility, blindfolded, interrogated, tortured and threatened with execution.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Prosecutors say Alsheikh, seeking to quash political dissent, sent certain prisoners to a wing of Adra where they were held in small isolation cells and tortured.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of tortured
Adjective
  • Audiences who endured the Miramax era have been browbeaten to believe that the best picture Oscar should go to a period piece that chokes out a sob from audiences.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Not to the extent that the user is necessarily being browbeaten.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Definition of browbeaten
Adjective
  • Men routinely fall off buildings, get electrocuted, crushed or maimed.
    — Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Anvil-action hand pruners tend to leave crushed stems that are more susceptible to disease.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of crushed
Adjective
  • Living a dozen miles from their closest neighbor (who has a grudge with Lester), even further from the closest town (a downtrodden shell of its former self), and further still from any sort of hope — or temptation.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026
  • In the end, a downtrodden Sporting side came close to picking up an upset win but settled for a 1-1 draw.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of downtrodden

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“Bullied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bullied. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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