# bullying

Pronunciation: say "BUU-lee-ing" /ˈbʊ.li.ɪŋ/

## Noun

1. Persistent actions meant to make another person's life unpleasant.
   - Simple: Mean things done to someone again and again to make their life unpleasant.
   - _Bullying in the workplace can drive good employees to quit._
   - _After months of online bullying, he reported the accounts that kept targeting him._
3. The use of intimidation to force a person into doing something, especially repeatedly.
   - Simple: Scaring someone into doing what you want, especially when it happens again and again.
   - _The small nation refused to bow to its larger neighbor's bullying over the disputed border._
   - _Weeks of bullying from his manager finally pushed him into signing the unfair contract._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of bully. — present participle and gerund of bully
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of bully. Use it for an action that is going on.
   - _The company was accused of bullying smaller suppliers into accepting lower prices._
   - _A teacher caught two students bullying a classmate behind the gym._

## Origin

**Meanings 1, 3** — Formed from bully with the suffix -ing.
**Meaning 2** — Formed from bully with the suffix -ing.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/bullying (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).