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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
In the series, Elle transfers from Truham Grammar School for Boys, where she was bullied, to Harvey Greene Grammar School for Girls following her transition. — Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026 Two weeks after being bullied off X by gangs of LIB truthers, German soccer fan Freddy, whose wholesome social media posts on American culture during his travels around the country early in the World Cup, has returned to the app. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026 Children who are bullied may also experience back-to-school anxiety. — Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 12 July 2026 Bang-geul was bullied by her older half-siblings, who looked down on their younger sister because of her mom’s former status as a domestic employee. — Kayti Burt, Time, 6 July 2026 This was a rabid, partisan home-soil advantage that flat-out bullied the squad into surviving. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 July 2026 They got bullied in that one, showing a tremendous lack of physicality. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 June 2026 Because he was being completely bullied and demeaned and excused. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026 In a pluralistic democracy of free citizens, true leadership cannot be bought, bullied, or beaten into people. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bullied
  1. intimidated
  2. abused
  3. frightened
  4. oppressed
  5. tortured
  6. browbeaten
  7. crushed
  8. downtrodden
Adjective
  • 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
  • In traditional settings, people often feel rushed, intimidated, and unseen.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026
Definition of intimidated
Verb
  • Lynn has tried to warn people about the older brother who abused her.
    — Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 20 July 2026
  • Allegations Of Abuse Against David Brouillette Ashley Brouillette and another ex-wife of the ICE agent, whom the AP did not name, have both alleged David Brouillette abused them and their children.
    — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of abused
Verb
  • In those moments, what frightened her most was not her own safety but the knowledge that her husband was up there somewhere, flying in the same sky swarming with fighter planes dropping their bombs on Tehran.
    — Mahsa Alimardani, Time, 6 July 2026
  • At the time of writing, as the Marine Traffic map shows, tanker traffic is barely moving through the Strait, and many ships, unable to obtain insurance or with their owners frightened at the level of risk involved, are refusing to advance.
    — Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of frightened
Adjective
  • At the end, there’s a message in the credits which says that this film is dedicated to those who are oppressed and that your time will come.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 13 July 2026
  • The Irish were the original oppressed people from the English Empire, and the original colony.
    — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
Definition of oppressed
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  • Where the film diverts from the norm lies in the unique, complicated characters and their weird, tortured even touching relationships.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
  • Along these routes, the bulldozers piled up mounds to enclose fortified compounds, military outposts and detention facilities where Palestinians were interrogated and tortured.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 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
  • Four Tet’s sense for sound design shines from crushed 8-bit drums to the hypnotic handpan grooves and sharp synth melodies.
    — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 19 July 2026
  • The noodles are soft and mixed with bean sprouts, egg and crushed peanuts.
    — Justin Brown, AJC.com, 12 July 2026
Definition of crushed
Adjective
  • The series tracks the pair’s investment in Wrexham AFC, a once-downtrodden team in Wales that has since risen to the verge of a promotion to the Premier League, the highest tier of British pro soccer.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 30 June 2026
  • The Union’s Army of the Potomac, about 90,000 men, was looking downtrodden after the losses.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026
Definition of downtrodden

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