bogeyman meaning in Hindi
हौआ hauā
/ˈbəʊ.ɡɪˌmæn/US/ˈboʊ.ɡiˌmæn/
bogeyman in Hindi: हौआ (hauā). In English, bogeyman means a menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories.
Hindi words for bogeyman
- bogeyman, bug-a-boo, bugbear, hobgoblin, ogre
- हौआ hauā
English meaning of bogeyman
- noun A menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories.
- noun Any make-believe threat, especially one used to intimidate or distract, or a real threat greatly exaggerated for those purposes; often taking the form of a notorious historical personage suggested to return as a revenant to punish for wrongdoing.
bogeyman in a sentence
- Near-synonyms: bogeyperson, bogeywoman
- Near-synonyms: bug-a-boo, bugaboo, chimera
- The bogeyman of a Halloween-candy poisoner behind every door has animated occasional moral panics against trick-or-treating.
Synonyms of bogeyman
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Questions about bogeyman in Hindi
- What is the meaning of bogeyman in Hindi?
- Bogeyman in Hindi is हौआ (hauā).
- bogeyman का हिंदी में क्या अर्थ है?
- Bogeyman: हौआ (hauā).
- What does bogeyman mean in English?
- Bogeyman means a menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories.
Source and license
Hindi words from Wiktionary's Hindi entries whose English meaning is “bogeyman”: हौआ. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: bogeyman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Hindi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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