Crossword clues for bullying
The Collaborative International Dictionary
bullying \bullying\ adj. Noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others.
Syn: blustery.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1802, verbal noun from bully (v.).
Wiktionary
n. 1 An act of intimidating a weaker person to do something, especially such repeated coercion. 2 Persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person. vb. (present participle of bully English)
WordNet
adj. noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others [syn: blustery]
n. the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something [syn: intimidation]
Wikipedia
Bullying is the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively dominate others. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception, by the bully or by others, of an imbalance of social or physical power, which distinguishes bullying from conflict. Behaviors used to assert such domination can include verbal harassment or threat, physical assault or coercion, and such acts may be directed repeatedly towards particular targets. Rationalizations for such behavior sometimes include differences of social class, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, appearance, behavior, body language, personality, reputation, lineage, strength, size or ability. If bullying is done by a group, it is called mobbing.
Bullying can be defined in many different ways. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has no legal definition of bullying, while some states in the United States have laws against it. Bullying is divided into four basic types of abuse – emotional (sometimes called relational), verbal, physical, and cyber. It typically involves subtle methods of coercion, such as intimidation.
Bullying ranges from one-on-one, individual bullying through to group bullying called mobbing, in which the bully may have one or more "lieutenants" who may seem to be willing to assist the primary bully in his or her bullying activities. Bullying in school and the workplace is also referred to as peer abuse. Robert W. Fuller has analyzed bullying in the context of rankism.
A bullying culture can develop in any context in which humans interact with each other. This includes school, family, the workplace, home, and neighborhoods. In a 2012 study of male adolescent American football players, "the strongest predictor [of bullying] was the perception of whether the most influential male in a player's life would approve of the bullying behavior".
Usage examples of "bullying".
Somehow or other, through guile or flattery or bullying, Whiss would get what he wanted.
Every one spoke of his crusty temper and bullying disposition, invariably qualifying the statement with a commendation of his resources and capabilities.
That Maxil is shepherded, disgraced, shamed, humiliated by a bullying byblow, while Fernan is feted and cozened?
Owen began to feel like he was bullying a puppy, but ruthlessly suppressed the thought.
I think you all were horrid to let him get away with bullying us for so long.
The rest went back to the big room, to while away the time in talk, meaningless games of chance, and bullying those who were easily intimidated.
I had learned quite early that the only way to deal with his bullying and bossiness was to fight back, and I fought back with a vengeance.
I had paid them back fully and finally for the bullyings and horrors of my childhood.
Unable any longer to endure his bullyings, kicks, and other unjust treatment, they had worked on him late one night and thus worked out their hatred of him.
All the gossip of the Court she knew, all the marriages being made or broken off, all the public stories of her Grace of Marlborough's bullyings of her Majesty and revilings of Mrs.