bullyrag

to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats the kind of neighborhood in which it was standard practice for young teens to be bullyragged into joining a street gang Synonyms blackjack, bogart, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, intimidate, cow, hector, mau-mau, strong-armRelated Words bluster, trash-talk; affright, alarm (also alarum), frighten, horrify, scare, shock, spook, startle, terrify; menace, terrorize, threaten; badger, harass, hound; bludgeon, coerce, compel, constrain, dragoon, force, make, oblige, press, pressure, push around; demoralize, psych (out), unman, unnerve; discompose, disconcert, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, upsetNear Antonyms cheer, comfort, console, reassure, solace, soothe; embolden, encourage, hearten, steel; convince, persuade