bogeyman nghĩa là gì?
ngoáo ộp
/ˈbəʊ.ɡɪˌmæn/US/ˈboʊ.ɡiˌmæn/
bogeyman in Vietnamese: ngoáo ộp, ông ba bị. In English, bogeyman means a menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories.
Vietnamese words for bogeyman
- menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories
- ngoáo ộp, ông ba bị
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
bogeyman in other languages
Questions about bogeyman in Vietnamese
- What is the meaning of bogeyman in Vietnamese?
- Bogeyman in Vietnamese is ngoáo ộp, ông ba bị.
- bogeyman nghĩa là gì?
- Bogeyman: ngoáo ộp, ông ba bị.
- What does bogeyman mean in English?
- Bogeyman means a menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bogeyman (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Vietnamese words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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