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bullying en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbʊ.li.ɪŋ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English bully Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English bullying From bully + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) An act of intimidating a person to do something, especially such repeated coercion.
    • [Greenland's current Prime Minister Múte] Egede has insisted that Greenland is not for sale and he framed the polling partly as a referendum on Trump's seemingly bellicose bullying, saying the election was a "fateful choice." 2025 March 13, Scott Neuman, Willem Marx, “https://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s1-5325949/greenland-elections-trump-independence”, in NPR:
  2. (countable, uncountable) Persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person.
    • Bullying is a punishable offense in schools.

Forms

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bullyings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

bullyingly · unbullying · cyberbullying · counterbullying · nonbullying · prebullying · antibullying · e-bullying

Descendants

bullying · булінг · bullying · буллинг · bullying

Translations (124)

hi दादागिरी (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · ka დაშინება (act of intimidating a person) · cmn 欺凌 (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · es ultraje (act of intimidating a person) · es matonaje (act of intimidating a person) · kl malersuineq (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · cs šikanování (act of intimidating a person) · ka დევნა (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · bg поти́скане (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · uk знуща́ння (act of intimidating a person) · eo ĉikanado (act of intimidating a person) · fr harcèlement (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · fi kiusaaminen (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · hy ահաբեկչություն (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · ky кордоо (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · hy ահաբեկում (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · be бу́лінг (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · de Piesacken (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · uk знуща́ння (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · ga bulaíocht (act of intimidating a person) · ka ძალადობა (act of intimidating a person) · ko 이지메 (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · ka შევიწროება (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · sh малтретирање (act of intimidating a person) · ka დევნა (act of intimidating a person) · uk цькува́ння (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · es bullying (act of intimidating a person) · ka ჩაგვრა (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · cs šikana (act of intimidating a person) · uk бу́лінг (act of intimidating a person) · es buleo (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · cmn 霸凌 (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · ru задира́ние (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · ar تَنَمُّر (act of intimidating a person) · ru издева́тельства (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · pt bullying (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · ru бу́ллинг (act of intimidating a person) · is einelti (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · es vejación (act of intimidating a person) · es acoso (act of intimidating a person) · ka ბულინგი (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · cmn 欺負 /欺负 (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · es matonismo (act of intimidating a person) · uk цькува́ння (act of intimidating a person) · de Piesackerei (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · gd burraidheachd (act of intimidating a person) · mk застрашување (act of intimidating a person) · cs šikana (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · ru тра́вля (act of intimidating a person) · ru дедовщи́на (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · es lorneo (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · ka დაშინება (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · pl bullying (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · ka ძალადობა (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · cs šikanování (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · de Mobben (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · ky кодулоо (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · ru бу́ллинг (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · it bullismo (act of intimidating a person) · de Drangsalieren (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · de Schikanieren (act of intimidating a person) · ar إِرْهَاب (act of intimidating a person) · ru задира́ние (act of intimidating a person) · ur دَھونْس (act of intimidating a person) · ru тра́вля (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · ko 괴롭힘 (act of intimidating a person) · be цкава́ньне (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · es buleo (act of intimidating a person) · fr harcèlement (act of intimidating a person) · pt assédio (act of intimidating a person) · es hostigamiento (act of intimidating a person) · da mobning (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · pt vexação (act of intimidating a person) · ko 괴롭힘 (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · de Schikane (act of intimidating a person) · be цкава́нне (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · fi kiusaaminen (act of intimidating a person) · gd burraidheachd (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · cmn 恃強欺弱 /恃强欺弱 (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · el νταηλίκι (act of intimidating a person) · pl znęcanie się (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · de Tyrannisieren (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · mk задевање (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · mn дарамтлахуй (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · mk малтретирање (act of intimidating a person) · fi pakottaminen (act of intimidating a person) · eo ĉikanado (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · tr zorbalık (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · lv ņirgāšanās (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · ja いじめ (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · sl ustrahovanje (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · pt bullying (act of intimidating a person) · ru запу́гивание (act of intimidating a person) · fa-ira قُلْدُری (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · sq bullizëm (act of intimidating a person) · pl znęcanie się (act of intimidating a person) · pt abuso (act of intimidating a person) · ka შევიწროება (act of intimidating a person) · de Drangsalieren (act of intimidating a person) · az zorbalıq (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · uk бу́лінг (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · vi ăn hiếp (act of intimidating a person) · es búliin (act of intimidating a person) · fa-ira قُلْدُری (act of intimidating a person) · ky коркутуу (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · ar تَنَمُّر (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · es bullying m búliin (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · sk šikanovanie (act of intimidating a person) · es mobbing m mobin (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · sk šikanovanie (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · cmn 恃強凌弱 (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · ja 嫌がらせ (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · bg тормо́з (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · ja 嫌がらせ (act of intimidating a person) · ga bulaíocht (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · sh vršnjačko nasilje (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · ko 핍박 (act of intimidating a person) · lt patyčios (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · de Mobbing (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) · pt intimidação (act of intimidating a person) · sh maltretiranje (act of intimidating a person) · ka ჩაგვრა (act of intimidating a person) · vi bắt nạt (act of intimidating a person) · sv mobbning (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant)

bullying en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbʊ.li.ɪŋ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of bully
    form of bully

Relateds

mobbing · abuse