Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bullyee

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bul-ly-ee
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A victim of bullying.

Informal

Example Sentences

"A boy is charged for bullying and reprimanded by the meeting. At the next meeting he brings up a trumpery charge against the bullyee."
"Even at nine years old, I knew that bullying happens for lots of reasons, ones that are usually more complicated for the bully than for the bullyee, but knowing this never made the face-flicking and the chest-sitting any less painful."
"[…] basically isolating the “bullyee” and allowing the bully to continue to play and dominate the playground."

Etymology

From bully + -ee.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: bully

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

bullyees (plural)

Questions

What does bullyee mean?: A victim of bullying.
Where does bullyee come from?: From bully + -ee.

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