Bullying and Rough

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Bullying adjective - Noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others.

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

Nearby Words: bully, bullied

Rough adjective - Covered with or as if with hair.

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Bullying and rough are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bullying" instead an adjective "Rough".

But for the people she does witness bullying others, she will threaten them, and do her best to rough them up.

Source: Good Is Not Soft
Freudian Excuse: The other queens attribute Phi Phi O'Hara's nasty attitude to her rough childhood as a victim of bullying and parental abuse.

Source: Series / RuPaul's Drag Race
Dark and Troubled Past: Hyung Suk due to all the bullying, Jae Yeol is strongly implied to have this, and Vasco had it rough as well.

Source: Webcomic / Lookism

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