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
Scare verb - To strike with fear.
Mutual synonyms
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
Both words in one sentence
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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.
Source: Video Game / Tonic Trouble -
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. -
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.
Source: Series / Grimm
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