bogeymannoun [ C ]
plural -men uk/-mən/usalso bogyman uk/ˈbəʊ.ɡi.mæn/us/ˈboʊ.ɡi.mæn/US also boogeymanan imaginary evil person who harms children:
Be good, or the bogeyman will come and get you!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unpleasant people in general
- a dog in the manger idiom
- a nasty piece of work idiom
- a tough/hard nut idiom
- a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
- bad lot
- know-all
- know-it-all
- leech
- make sb's skin crawl idiom
- malcontent
- rotter
- runt
- sadist
- scum
- scumbag
- undesirables
- vermin
- villain
- villain of the piece idiom
- viper
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