Bullied, hit just above the eyes (10)

I believe the answer is:

browbeaten

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'bullied' is the definition.
('browbeat' can be a synonym of 'bully')

'hit just above the eyes' is the wordplay.
'hit just' becomes 'browbeat' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'above' becomes 'aforementioned' (I've seen this before).
'the eyes' means to look at the middle letters (I've seen 'eye' mean this (eye can mean the centre of something)).
The middle letters of 'aforementioned' are 'en'.
'browbeat'+'en'='BROWBEATEN'

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(Other definitions for browbeaten that I've seen before include "Intimidated" , "Bullied" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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