bogeyman

Các nghĩa

1. ngoáo ộp · ông ba bị

   A menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories.

   Near-synonyms: bogeyperson, bogeywoman

2. mối đe dọa tưởng tượng, nỗi sợ bị thổi phồng

   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.

   broadly · figuratively

   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.

   The specter of an election-vote recount is this year's political bogeyman.

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