bullying
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bullying
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bul - lying -> bullying
Myanmar meaning
(n [U]) ကြီးနိုင်ငယ်ညှဉ်း။
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အနိုင်ကျင့်သူ။ ဗိုလ်ကျသူ။ နိုင်ရာစား။
Leave that little girl alone, you big bully!
v (pt, pp bullied )
အနိုင်ကျင့်သည်။ ဗိုလ်ကျသည်။ နိုင်ရာ စားသည်။ The older boys bullied him at school. ❍ a small country bullied by its powerful neighbour.
❏ bully-boy n (Brit ) ကြေးစားလူမိုက်။
bully-boy tactics.
❏ bully for sb [IDM ] (infml esp ironic ) တယ်တော်ပါလား။ You've solved the puzzle at last? Well, bully for you!
❏ bullying n [U] ကြီးနိုင်ငယ်ညှဉ်း။
There was a lot of bullying at my school.
❏ bully sb into doing sth [PHRV ]
ခြိမ်းခြောက် အနိုင်ကျင့်ပြီး လုပ်ခိုင်းသည်။
The manager tried to bully his men into working harder by threatening them with dismissal.
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intimidate, terrorize, persecute, torment, frighten, oppress, browbeat, harass, aggressor, annoyer, antagonizer, bludgeon, bluster, browbeater, buffalo, bulldoze, bulldozer, coerce, coercer, cow, despotize, domineer, domineering person, dragoon, enforce, first class, good, harrier, hector, insolent, intimidator, lean on, menace, oppressor, overbear, persecutor, pest, push around, rad, rascal, recherché, ride roughshod, rowdy, ruffian, showboat, super-eminent, super-excellent, supereminent, swagger, tease, threaten, tip top, tip-top, tormenter, torture, tough, turn on the heat, tyrannize, tyrant, uninjured, unmarred, up to snuff, walk heavy
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