Bully vs Lout - What's the difference?
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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!
A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
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*:But the lout looked only to his market, and was not easily repulsed. ¶ "He's there, I tell you," he persisted. "And for threepence I'll get you to see him. Come on, your honour! It's many a Westminster election I've seen, and beer running, from Mr. Fox,when maybe it's your honour's going to stand! Anyway, it's, Down with the mongers!"
A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
:(Sir Philip Sidney)
(archaic) To bend, bow, stoop.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.i:
* 1885 , Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night , vol. 1:
Bully is a related term of lout.
As nouns the difference between bully and lout
is that bully is a person who is cruel to others, especially those who are weaker or have less power while lout is a troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.As verbs the difference between bully and lout
is that bully is to intimidate (someone) as a bully while lout is (obsolete|transitive) to treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint or lout can be (archaic) to bend, bow, stoop.As an adjective bully
is (us|slang) very good; excellent.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 .lout
English
Etymology 1
Of dialectal origin, compare Middle English louten'' "to bow, bend low, stoop over" from Old English ''l?tan from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* See also * yobSee also
* hooligan * thug * yob, yobboEtymology 2
(etyl) l?tan'', from Germanic. Cognate with Old Norse , Swedish ''luta .Verb
(en verb)- He faire the knight saluted, louting low, / Who faire him quited, as that courteous was [...].
- He took the cup in his hand and, louting low, returned his best thanks [...].