Bully vs Bugly - What's the difference?
bully | bugly |
A person who is cruel to others, especially those who are weaker or have less power.
A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.
* Palmerston
A hired thug.
A prostitute’s minder; a pimp.
(uncountable) Bully beef.
(obsolete) A brisk, dashing fellow.
The small scrum in the Eton College field game.
A small freshwater fish.
To intimidate (someone) as a bully.
To act aggressively towards.
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(US, slang) Very good; excellent.
(slang) Jovial and blustering; dashing.
* Shakespeare
(often, followed by for) Well done!
(label) Exceptionally ugly.
*1896 , David Macbeth Moir, Conjugal Amenities :
*2000 , Richard Spears, NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions :
*2010 , Denise Mina, Still Midnight :
As adjectives the difference between bully and bugly
is that bully is (us|slang) very good; excellent while bugly is (label) exceptionally ugly.As a noun bully
is a person who is cruel to others, especially those who are weaker or have less power.As a verb bully
is to intimidate (someone) as a bully.As an interjection bully
is (often|followed by for) well done!.bully
English
(wikipedia bully)Noun
- A playground bully pushed a girl off the swing.
- I noticed you being a bully towards people with disabilities.
- Bullies seldom execute the threats they deal in.
- "Bully Bottom" from A Midsummer Night's Dream, III, i, 6.
Synonyms
* (hired thug) henchman, thug * (pimp) pimp, ponceVerb
(en-verb)- You shouldn't bully people for being gay.
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Synonyms
* (intimidate) browbeat, hector, intimidate, ride roughshod over * (act aggressively toward) push around, ride roughshod overAdjective
(er)- a bully horse
- Bless thee, bully doctor.
Synonyms
* (excellent) excellent, marvellous/marvelous, splendid, super, superb, top-notchDerived terms
* bully boy * bully pulpitInterjection
(en interjection)- She's finally leaving her abusive husband — bully for her!
Synonyms
* bravo, well done, see also .bugly
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- She has immense white teeth that snap, and a bugly bonnet, with one dismal ostrich feather wobbling sternly on end.
- I have never seen such a bugly guy in my life!
- “For every ugly there's a bugly .” She smiled.