Past tense of bully
regular verb
The past tense of bully is bullied. The past participle is also bullied.
Forms of bully
| Base form (V1) | bully /ˈbʊli/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | bullied /ˈbʊlid/ |
| Past participle (V3) | bullied /ˈbʊlid/ |
| Present participle | bullying /ˈbʊ.li.ɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | bullies /ˈbʊliz/ |
Bullied in a sentence
- Marsha Blackburn on Thursday became the latest member of Congress to visit Taiwan defying pressure from Beijing, saying, "I will not be bullied by Communist China into turning my back on the island."2022 August 26, Brad Lendon, “'Xi Jinping doesn't scare me': US Sen. Marsha Blackburn lands in Taiwan, vows not to be bullied by China”, in...
- You are vulnerable to be bullied by someone at school.From the entry vulnerable
- I’d always heard about other people getting bullied in zero-hours jobs.2017 March 27, Martin Williams, quoting Josh, “The bullying and fear at the heart of zero-hour contracts”, in The Guardian. From the entry zero-hours
- “I never got bullied the same as other kids—my house never got egged.2016, Brian King, The Laughing Cure, Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry cupcake
- Well, two beat ups (the bullied kids) would split that cash fifty-fifty.2009 August 10, Thomas Cody Mullenaux, Numbskull, page 257. From the entry beat up
Meaning of bully
- noun A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege.
- noun A noisy, blustering, tyrannical person, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome.
- noun A hired thug.
Questions about the past tense of bully
- What is the past tense of bully?
- The past tense of bully is bullied.
- What is the past participle of bully?
- The past participle of bully is bullied.
- Is bully a regular or irregular verb?
- Bully is a regular verb: its past tense changes -y to -ied.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bully (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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