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Near Antonyms
amusing droll merry playful sportive waggish
gentle mild
bland
good-humored good-natured
diplomatic polite smooth suave urbane
affable cordial genial gracious hospitable sociable
bul​ly
noun (1)
bul·​ly
ˈbu̇-lē ˈbə-
plural bul​lies

Definition (Entry 1 of 4)

  • a blustering, browbeating person
    especially one who is habitually cruel, insulting, or threatening to others who are weaker, smaller, or in some way vulnerable //tormented by the neighborhood bully
    pimp
  • a hired ruffian
  • archaic
    sweetheart
    a fine chap
verb
bul​lied; bul​ly​ing

Definition (Entry 2 of 4)

Near Antonyms
amusing droll merry playful sportive waggish
gentle mild
bland
good-humored good-natured
diplomatic polite smooth suave urbane
affable cordial genial gracious hospitable sociable
bul​ly
noun (1)
bul·​ly
ˈbu̇-lē ˈbə-
plural bul​lies

Definition (Entry 1 of 4)

  • a blustering, browbeating person
    especially one who is habitually cruel, insulting, or threatening to others who are weaker, smaller, or in some way vulnerable //tormented by the neighborhood bully
    pimp
  • a hired ruffian
  • archaic
    sweetheart
    a fine chap
verb
bul​lied; bul​ly​ing

Definition (Entry 2 of 4)

  • transitive ​verb
  • to treat (someone) in a cruel, insulting, threatening, or aggressive fashion to act like
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