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bullyish

bullyish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a bully.

Adjective

bullyish (comparative more bullyish, superlative most bullyish)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a bully.

Forms of bullyish

comparativemore bullyish
superlativemost bullyish

Origin of bullyish

From bully + -ish.

Questions about bullyish

What does bullyish mean?
Bullyish means resembling or characteristic of a bully.
What part of speech is bullyish?
Bullyish is an adjective.

Words near bullyish in the dictionary

  1. bullyees
  2. bullying
  3. bullying off
  4. bullyingly
  5. bullyings
  6. bullyish
  7. bullyishly
  8. bullyism
  9. bullylike
  10. bullyman
  11. bullymen

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