Bully vs. Torment
Bullynoun
A person who is physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those who are weaker or have less power.
‘A playground bully pushed a girl off the swing.’; ‘I noticed you being a bully towards people with disabilities.’;
Tormentnoun
(obsolete) A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
Bullynoun
A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.
Tormentnoun
Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
Bullynoun
A hired thug.
Tormentnoun
Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
‘He was bitter from the torments of the divorce system.’;
Bullynoun
A prostitute’s minder; a pimp.
Tormentverb
(transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
‘The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.’;
Bullynoun
(uncountable) Bully beef.
Tormentnoun
An engine for casting stones.
Bullynoun
(obsolete) A brisk, dashing fellow.
Tormentnoun
Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind.
‘The more I seePleasures about me, so much more I feelTorment within me.’;
Bullynoun
The small scrum in the Eton College field game.
Tormentnoun
That which gives pain, vexation, or misery.
‘They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments.’;
Bullynoun
Various small freshwater or brackishwater fish of the family Eleotridae; sleeper goby. The common bully, Gobiomorphus cotidianus
Tormentverb
To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture.
Bullynoun
An (eldest) brother; a fellow workman; comrade
Tormentverb
To pain; to distress; to afflict.
‘Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.’;
Bullynoun
(dialectal) A companion; mate. male or female
Tormentverb
To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances.
Bullynoun
(obsolete) darling, sweetheart. male or female
Tormentverb
To put into great agitation.
Bullynoun
(field hockey) a standoff between two players from the opposing teams, who repeatedly hit each other's hockey sticks and then attempt to acquire the ball, as a method of resuming the game in certain circumstances.
Tormentnoun
unbearable physical pain
Bullynoun
(mining) A miner's hammer.
Tormentnoun
extreme mental distress
Bullyverb
(transitive) To intimidate (someone) as a bully.
‘You shouldn't bully people for being gay.’;
Tormentnoun
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain;
‘an agony of doubt’; ‘the torments of the damned’;
Bullyverb
(transitive) To act aggressively towards.
Tormentnoun
a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented;
‘so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors’;
Bullyadjective
Very good; excellent.
‘a bully horse’;
Tormentnoun
a severe affliction
Bullyadjective
(slang) Jovial and blustering.
Tormentnoun
the act of harassing someone
Bullyinterjection
}} Well done!
‘She's finally asked for that promotion—bully for her!’;
Tormentverb
torment emotionally or mentally
Bullynoun
A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous, who threatens, intimidates, or badgers people who are smaller or weaker than he is; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.
‘Bullies seldom execute the threats they deal in.’;
Tormentverb
treat cruelly;
‘The children tormented the stuttering teacher’;
Bullynoun
A brisk, dashing fellow.
Tormentverb
subject to torture;
‘The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible’;
Bullynoun
Pickled or canned beef.
Bullyadjective
Jovial and blustering; dashing.
Bullyadjective
Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse.
Bullyverb
To intimidate or badger with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully{1} 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.’;
Bullyverb
To act as a bully{1}.
Bullyinterjection
Well done! Excellent!
Bullynoun
a cruel and brutal fellow
Bullyverb
be bossy towards;
‘Her big brother always bullied her when she was young’;
Bullyverb
discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
Bullyadjective
very good;
‘he did a bully job’; ‘a neat sports car’; ‘had a great time at the party’; ‘you look simply smashing’;
Bullynoun
a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
‘he is a ranting, domineering bully’;
Bullynoun
corned beef.
Bullynoun
an act of starting play in field hockey, in which two opponents strike each other's sticks three times and then go for the ball.
Bullyverb
seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable)
‘a local man was bullied into helping them’; ‘her 11- year-old son has been constantly bullied at school’;
Bullyverb
(in field hockey) start play with a bully.
Bullyadjective
very good; excellent
‘the statue really looked bully’;
