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Noun
▲
An act of intimidating or domineering a person, typically to do something
harassment
intimidation
coercion
oppression
hounding
maltreatment
mistreatment
victimisationUK
victimizationUS
pressure
menacing
browbeating
threatening
arm-twisting
pressurizationUS
terrorization
force
strong-arm tactics
duress
pressurisationUK
threat
scare tactics
threats
harrying
extortion
terrifying
scaring
tyrannization
subduing
railroading
more ❯
“The report shows that many teens drop out of school due to repeated bullying.”
Noun
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Cruel or harmful treatment or abuse
maltreatment
mistreatment
abuse
harm
injury
manhandling
misuse
mishandling
persecution
damage
beating
cruelty
mauling
hurt
molestation
neglect
torture
violation
injustice
punishment
ill-treatment
ill treatment
ill use
rough handling
ill-usage
bad treatment
ill usage
roughing up
exploitation
brutalization
more ❯
Noun
▲
Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment, especially through the exercise of authority
tyranny
subjugation
suppression
cruelty
despotism
authoritarianism
domination
harshness
subjection
severity
brutality
persecution
repression
control
maltreatment
ruthlessness
suffering
abuse
abusiveness
injustice
torment
oppression
coercion
dictatorship
enslavement
exploitation
harassment
hardship
injury
misery
pain
anguish
autocracy
calamity
compulsion
conquering
fascism
force
forcibleness
subduing
hardness
oppressiveness
strictness
terrorism
totality
unjustness
unreasonableness
harsh discipline
high-handedness
ill treatment
ill-treatment
iron hand
martial law
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act or harassing or bullying someone
persecution
harrying
harassment
teasing
badgering
molestation
hounding
discrimination
galling
hassle
intimidation
pestering
provoking
aggravation
vexation
annoyance
botheration
bedevilment
agitation
importunity
bugging
irritation
exasperation
bothering
provocation
bother
perturbation
torment
irking
grief
more ❯
Adjective
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Domineering in nature or character
domineering
imperious
blustering
hectoring
despotic
swaggering
autocratic
dictatorial
bossy
oppressive
authoritarian
peremptory
masterful
tyrannical
tyrannous
overbearing
autocratical
overweening
authoritative
dominating
high-handed
coercive
magisterial
heavy-handed
demanding
iron-handed
lordly
arrogant
officious
superior
more ❯
“A bullying manager is despised by subordinates, and whilst sensing this, is usually unable to discern why.”
Adjective
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Relating to or using force or threats
coercive
forceful
aggressive
intimidatory
forced
threatening
terrorisingUK
terrorizingUS
thuggish
violent
forcible
intimidating
nonconsensual
strong-arm
without consent
without permission
bully-boy
rough
oppressive
physical
menacing
bullyboy
fierce
wild
brutal
vicious
savage
ferocious
murderous
rabid
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Resembling a lout
loutish
boorish
oafish
rough
uncouth
churlish
coarse
ill-bred
bungling
gross
ill-mannered
unmannerly
clodhopping
gawky
stolid
swinish
thuggish
classless
cloddish
clownish
common
doltish
impolite
lumpen
lumpish
philistine
rowdy
rude
uncivilisedUK
uncivilizedUS
vulgar
wild
yobbish
bad-mannered
barbaric
bearish
cantankerous
clumsy
crass
dense
gruff
hoonish
loud
lubberly
ornery
rustic
slobbish
uncultured
uneducated
unpolished
unrefined
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Characterized by the tendency to harass
harassive
hindering
Adjective
▲
Having a hostile or threatening quality or manner
minatory
menacing
intimidating
baleful
minacious
threatening
admonitory
minatorial
cautionary
comminatory
terrorisingUK
terrorizingUS
warning
aggressive
scowling
intimidatory
hostile
frightening
forbidding
fearsome
terrifying
scary
alarming
forceful
oppressive
forcible
mean-looking
Adjective
▲
Hostile or aggressive in nature
intimidating
antagonistic
aggressive
hostile
bellicose
unfriendly
combative
confrontational
unkind
unsympathetic
malevolent
inhospitable
inimical
malicious
spiteful
truculent
browbeating
mean
domineering
hectoring
imperious
pressuring
belligerent
pugnacious
argumentative
quarrelsome
contentious
militant
warlike
scrappy
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Tough and exacting in one's expectations or treatment of others
hard
harsh
tough
cruel
fierce
ruthless
brutal
callous
cold
grim
intense
merciless
stern
strict
uncompromising
authoritarian
exacting
pitiless
severe
unsparing
affectless
browbeating
cold-blooded
gruff
heartless
heavy-handed
hostile
implacable
inclement
no-nonsense
oppressive
relentless
remorseless
stoney
tyrannical
unbending
unfeeling
unkind
unrelenting
unsympathetic
cold-hearted
compassionless
desensitisedUK
desensitizedUS
hardhearted
hard-hearted
insensitive
ironfisted
ironhearted
mean
stonyhearted
stony-hearted
uncharitable
unforgiving
unmerciful
take-no-prisoners
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to inflict, or threaten to inflict, physical or emotional harm to
intimidating
oppressing
browbeating
hounding
mistreating
tormenting
tyrannisingUK
tyrannizingUS
aggrieving
distressing
domineering
maltreating
menacing
persecuting
scaring
subjugating
abusing
cowing
dominating
harassing
harrying
manhandling
overbearing
terrorisingUK
terrorizingUS
threatening
victimisingUK
victimizingUS
frightening
hectoring
misusing
overpowering
overwhelming
brutalisingUK
brutalizingUS
mishandling
torturing
pushing around
ill-treating
picking on
pushing about
ill-using
kicking around
putting down
treating harshly
messing over
riding roughshod over
playing the heavy with
walking all over
“Studies have provided some interesting insight into the psychology of students who bully their classmates.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to coerce into doing something using intimidatory tactics
coercing
browbeating
bulldozing
forcing
pressurisingUK
pressurizingUS
constraining
dragooning
harassing
intimidating
pressuring
blackjacking
bludgeoning
compelling
cowing
domineering
hounding
nagging
obliging
pressing
pushing
railroading
strong-arming
badgering
brainwashing
bullyragging
goading
harrying
hectoring
hustling
pestering
prodding
bogarting
influencing
persuading
blustering
buffaloing
terrorisingUK
terrorizingUS
bringing pressure to bear on
despotizing
enforcing
frightening
menacing
overbearing
threatening
acting on
prevailing on
putting pressure on
using pressure on
fast-talking
leaning on
working on
putting the screws on
putting the squeeze on
putting under an obligation
press-ganging
riding roughshod
using strong-arm tactics on
walking heavy
turning on the heat
mau-mauing
“The company has been accused of trying to bully workers into signing unfair workplace agreements.”
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