"crybully" meaning in English

See crybully in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-crybully.wav Forms: crybullies [plural]
Etymology: Blend of crybaby + bully. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|crybaby|bully}} Blend of crybaby + bully Head templates: {{en-noun}} crybully (plural crybullies)
  1. (derogatory) A person who engages in intimidation, harassment, or other abusive behaviour while claiming to be a victim, often using the perceived victimization to induce others to engage in bullying of the intended victim. Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): People
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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-crybully.wav Forms: crybullies [present, singular, third-person], crybullying [participle, present], crybullied [participle, past], crybullied [past]
Etymology: Blend of crybaby + bully. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|crybaby|bully}} Blend of crybaby + bully Head templates: {{en-verb}} crybully (third-person singular simple present crybullies, present participle crybullying, simple past and past participle crybullied)
  1. To engage in behaviour characteristic of a crybully; to intimidate, harass or abuse another person or group of people while claiming to be a victim. Categories (topical): People Related terms: DARVO (english: tactic often used by crybullies), cry wolf
    Sense id: en-crybully-en-verb-w6gWGXlr Disambiguation of People: 53 47 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English blends: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50

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