bullying
/ˈbʊ.li.ɪŋ/
bullying noun: an act of intimidating a person to do something, especially such repeated coercion. Also the present participle and gerund of bully.
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Noun
bullying (countable and uncountable, plural bullyings)
- An act of intimidating a person to do something, especially such repeated coercion.
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- Persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person.
- Bullying is a punishable offense in schools.
Also used as
bullying is also the present participle and gerund of bully.
bullying meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
bullying in Hindi
- persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant
- दादागिरी dādāgirī
bullying in Tamil
- கொடுமைப்படுத்துதல், கொடுமைப்படுத்தல், கொடுமைப்படுத்துவது
bullying in Urdu
- act of intimidating a person
- دَھونْس dhauns
bullying in Bengali
- উৎপীড়ন
More languagesFewer languages
- bullying in Punjabi
- ਧੱਕੇਸ਼ਾਹੀ
- bullying in Gujarati
- ગુંડાગીરી, દાદાગીરી
- bullying in Arabic
- إِرْهَاب ʔirhāb, تَنَمُّر tanammur
- bullying in Vietnamese
- bắt nạt, ăn hiếp
Examples of bullying in a sentence
- Now, you want to protect me. An hour ago, you were mercilessly bullying me!
- Mary Ann was devastated when she found out her son was bullying a girl at school.
- I am not down with you children bullying and disrespecting one another, so cut it out!
Forms of bullying
| plural | bullyings |
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Origin of bullying
From bully + -ing.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Words formed from bullying
Phrases with bullying
Questions about bullying
- What does bullying mean?
- Bullying means an act of intimidating a person to do something, especially such repeated coercion.
- What is bullying in Hindi?
- Bullying in Hindi is दादागिरी (dādāgirī). See Bullying meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bullying?
- Bullying is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bullying?
- Bullying is pronounced /ˈbʊ.li.ɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bullying?
- The plural of bullying is bullyings.
Words near bullying in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bullying (page history and authors); bullying (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bullying (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bullying (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bullying (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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