Bully and Scare

Bully

Bully verb - To make timid or fearful by or as if by threats.
Usage example: the older boys constantly bullied him to the point where he was afraid to walk home alone

Scare and bully are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scare" instead a verb "Bully".

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

Scare

Scare verb - To strike with fear.

Bully and scare are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bully" instead a verb "Scare".

Nearby Words: scar, scared, scary, scaring

How words are described

good good bully good scare
original original bully original scare
nasty nasty bully nasty scare
actual actual bully actual scare
Other adjectives: real, massive, huge, little, bad, horrible, new, major, said.

Common collocations

girl bully girl scare girl
wife bully wife scare wife
men bully men scare men
audience bully audience scare audience
Other words: characters, kid, brother, anyone, protagonist, everybody, everyone, humans, kids, students, girls, dragons.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Tonic Trouble Stupid Evil: Grogh: When defeated he mentions that his original idea was just to bully and scare everyone around with his newfound powers, and the whole evil empire and alliance with the Killer Vegetables thing was the Pharmacist's idea, which he resents.
  • Film / found. Marty himself does it with the head of a bully to scare one of his friends, although it was Steve who killed him.
    Source: Film / found.
  • Series / Grimm Not quite a victim in the same sense as above but the young bully Monroe shows his Game Face in order to scare on Halloween.
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