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Big Bad Wolves

Big Bad Wolves is the plural of Big Bad Wolf.

Meaning of Big Bad Wolf

Noun

Big Bad Wolf (plural Big Bad Wolves)

  1. (usually) An evil fictional wolf that appears in fairy tales or fables.
  2. (figuratively) Someone blamed for causing problems; a scapegoat.
    Synonyms:
    bogeyman

Questions about Big Bad Wolves

What is Big Bad Wolves the plural of?
Big Bad Wolves is the plural of Big Bad Wolf.

Words near Big Bad Wolves in the dictionary

  1. big baby
  2. big back
  3. big backs
  4. big bad
  5. Big Bad Wolf
  6. Big Bad Wolves
  7. big bads
  8. big ball of mud
  9. big balls of mud
  10. big band
  11. big bands

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Big Bad Wolves (page history and authors); Big Bad Wolf (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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