Bully and Devil

Bully

Bully noun - A person who teases, threatens, or hurts smaller or weaker persons.

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Devil and bully are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Devil" instead the word "Bully" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: bull, bullying, bullied, bulled, bulling

Devil noun - An evil spirit.

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Bully and devil are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bully" instead the word "Devil" as a noun or a verb.

old	old bully	old devil
good	good bully	good devil
female	female bully	female devil
typical	typical bully	typical devil
Other adjectives: short, original, true, corrupt, poor, actual, real, big, black, former, psychotic, local, resident, unrepentant, stereotypical.

Rick and Morty has Rick and Summer beating the shit out of the Devil, a possible animal abuser, a bully, a neo-nazi, and a Westboro protester.

Source: Very Punchable Man
When Violet's ex-bully tells her that the devil is beautiful, not ugly.

Source: Series / American Horror Story: Murder House
In Dancing Devil it turns into the actual exchange version of the trope, where the statue passes from the neighborhood bully, to a local homeless man, to a seedy antiques store owner, and finally to an unscrupulous art dealer before the Investigators catch up with it.

Source: Literature / The Three Investigators

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