Thesaurus results for BULLYBOY

bullyboy

noun

ˈbu̇-lē-ˌbȯi

Definition of bullyboy

as in bully

a person who teases, threatens, or hurts smaller, weaker, or more vulnerable persons residents reported on some bullyboys who were causing problems at the park

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Recent Examples of bullyboy Beijing’s bullyboy tactics were starting to hit uncomfortably close to home. — Mark L. Clifford, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2022 Chaffetz’s shtick — bullyboy investigator targeting the right’s bogeymen — worked when Hillary Clinton and/or President Obama were his targets. — Jennifer Rubin, The Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2017

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Noun

The Panthers went from weakling to bully, while the Falcons transformed from laughingstock to punch line.

— Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Dementia is clearly a big problem, and yet, sadly, our politicians — both Democrats and Republicans — talk about it not like adults, but like schoolyard bullies.

— Jason Karlawish, STAT, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of bully

Noun

As part of the elite unit called the Helldivers, players must work together to protect Super Earth and defeat the enemies of mankind in an intense intergalactic war.

— Justin Kroll, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026
But the weather was as much an enemy as the North Koreans or the Chinese.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of enemy

Noun

That a Christian man was responsible for the devastation in Oklahoma City certainly didn’t matter to the thugs who terrorized a Muslim woman there, nearly seven months pregnant, by attacking her home, breaking her windows, screaming religious slurs.

— Reshma Memon Yaqub, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
On a cold night in November 2011, in a field outside Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine, a gang of thugs stormed a Soviet scientific research institute, beat and humiliated the staff and burned the place to the ground.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of thug

Noun

Trailer has dropped for Netflix‘s Hunting Gary Glitter, the former pop superstar who was exposed as a serial child abuser.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
The two sisters kill Gillian’s abuser, whose spirit comes back to haunt and eventually possess Gillian.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of abuser

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