Bullying and Mean

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Bullying adjective - Noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others.

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Mean and bullying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Bullying".

Nearby Words: bully, bullied

Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

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Bullying and mean are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bullying" instead an adjective "Mean".

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

In reality, the character was abrasive, and her attempts at gentle teasing came off as bullying and mean.

Source: Character Shilling
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Nobita (defaults to selfish and lazy), Gian (defaults to mean and bullying) and Suneo (condescending and a liar) to a certain degree.

Source: Anime / Doraemon
Sam from iCarly started off as a mean, bullying jerk, and ended the show as a mean, bullying jerk.

Source: Static Character

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