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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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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
Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The documentary tells the true story of a teenage couple relentlessly bullied via text by an anonymous harasser.
—EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Directed by Troma co-founders Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, the original Toxic Avenger centers around Melvin (Mark Torgl), a scrawny and awkward teenager who works as custodian at a local gym and is quite literally bullied straight into a frothing barrel of toxic waste.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The teams used texts and emails to attempt to show how NASCAR bullied its way into a final charter agreement.
—Jenna Fryer, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Holliday was heavily bullied because her mom was disabled and because of her weight, and ended up dropping out of high school.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Cook said last week she wouldn’t be bullied into stepping down and vowed to rebut the accusations.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Just a few weeks ago another mom shared that her child was bullied for her clothes on the first day of school.
—Annabelle Canela, Parents, 25 Aug. 2025
This included accusations that former NXT Superstar Cora Jade, now known as Elayna Black, bullied her behind the scenes.
—Jeremy Hanna, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The first touchdown of the year was bullied into the end zone by Williams, who wouldn’t be done in this game.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The documentary tells the true story of a teenage couple relentlessly bullied via text by an anonymous harasser.
—EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Directed by Troma co-founders Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, the original Toxic Avenger centers around Melvin (Mark Torgl), a scrawny and awkward teenager who works as custodian at a local gym and is quite literally bullied straight into a frothing barrel of toxic waste.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The teams used texts and emails to attempt to show how NASCAR bullied its way into a final charter agreement.
—Jenna Fryer, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Holliday was heavily bullied because her mom was disabled and because of her weight, and ended up dropping out of high school.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Cook said last week she wouldn’t be bullied into stepping down and vowed to rebut the accusations.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Just a few weeks ago another mom shared that her child was bullied for her clothes on the first day of school.
—Annabelle Canela, Parents, 25 Aug. 2025
This included accusations that former NXT Superstar Cora Jade, now known as Elayna Black, bullied her behind the scenes.
—Jeremy Hanna, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bullied
Verb
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The court ruled that Particle plausibly alleged Epic abused its dominance in electronic health records to undermine competition in the payer platform market so that those claims will move forward into discovery.—
David Chou,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The 7-year-old detailed abuse by her father and stepmother, whose 6-year-old daughter was also allegedly being abused, according to the court documents.—
Mike Stunson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Seattle was not intimidated by Miami’s star power.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
1 Sep. 2025
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We are not intimidated by revenue sharing.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
31 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Emily Brontë appears in every way indifferent to the need for love and companionship that tortured the lives of her sisters.—
Emily Temple
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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Several women were tortured and gang raped.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Family pets, especially dogs, are frightened by the noise and will hide or try to run away.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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In the first Nobody, Odenkirk’s Hutch has to reignite the sleeping assassin within himself after his family was frightened by a botched home invasion.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The series was originally based on a novel by Margaret Atwood and followed June's life in a dystopian world called Gilead following a Second American Civil War, where women are oppressed and only used in society for their fertility.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Even the long oppressed Russian people would cheer.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Not to the extent that the user is necessarily being browbeaten.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The crushed garter snake is scrawled on the tarmac in an ampersand.—
Rosanna Warren,
The Atlantic,
7 Sep. 2025
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Made to look like a creepy graveyard, Halloween dirt pudding starts with a layer of thick chocolate pudding that's topped with crushed chocolate cookies.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Beneath Grisham’s pen, Dot Black was a blue-collar chain-smoker meant to stand in for all downtrodden Southern whites.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Those ticket sales would be a huge boon to movie theater owners after the all-important summer stretch ended on a downtrodden note.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Bullied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bullied. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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