bully
bully is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A brisk, dashing fellow. [Slang Obs.] Shak.
- 2.Jovial and blustering; dashing. [Slang] "Bless thee, bully doctor." Shak.
- 3.Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse. [Slang, U.S.]
- 4.To intimidate with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully toward. For the last fortnight there have been prodigious shoals of volunteers gone over to bully the French, upon hearing the peace was just signing. Tatler.
- 5.To act as a bully.
- 6.Pickled or canned beef.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abuse
- abusive
- ban
- bark
- big
- bluster
- blusterer
- boaster
- braggart
- brawler
- bulldozer
- clinch
- commination
- comminatory
- curse
- dare-devil
- defiance
- defiant
- defy
- denunciation
- desperado
- doctrinaire
- dogmatist
- double
- drawcansir
- eater
- fanfaron
- fire
- fist
- fop
- fulminate
- fulmination
- fury
- gathering
- gnarl
- growl
- hold
- hoodlum
- intimidate
- intimidation
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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