bogeyman
/ˈbəʊɡimæn/noun
उच्चारण बोगिमैन
हौवा, बाबा (बच्चों को डराने वाला काल्पनिक भूत)
Core word
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an imaginary evil spirit or man used to frighten children
हौवा, बाबा (बच्चों को डराने वाला काल्पनिक भूत)
- Eat your dinner, or the bogeyman will come and get you!
- Stories of the bogeyman kept the children indoors after dark.
- The children were told that the bogeyman lived under the stairs.
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- Grandmother's tale of the bogeyman made the little ones giggle and shiver.
- Parents should not use the bogeyman to make children behave.
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a person or thing that people think is evil or frightening, often without good reason
भय का कारण, हौवा (जिससे बिना कारण डरा जाए)
- Inflation remains the bogeyman of the economy.
- Mathematics is not the bogeyman that many students think it is.
- Cheap imports have become the bogeyman of local industry.
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- For many people, the tax office is the bogeyman.
- The new technology is not the bogeyman that some writers claim.
Synonyms bugbear bête noire menace threat
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
the bogeyman (countable noun)
The bogeyman is an imaginary evil figure used to frighten children into behaving; plural bogeymen.
'Bogeyman' काल्पनिक बुरा पात्र है, जिससे बच्चों को डराकर अनुशासन में रखा जाता है; plural 'bogeymen' है।
- Grandmother told the children that the bogeyman lived in the old well.
- Do not threaten a child with the bogeyman.
a bogeyman (figurative)
It can also mean a person or thing that people fear or blame, often unfairly.
यह उस व्यक्ति या चीज़ के लिए भी आता है जिससे लोग डरते या जिसे दोष देते हैं, अक्सर अनुचित रूप से।
- Technology has become the bogeyman of modern parenting.
make a bogeyman of somebody
This means to portray someone as a frightening villain.
इसका अर्थ है किसी को डरावना खलनायक बनाकर दिखाना।
- The media made a bogeyman of the new tax officer.
bogeyman vs bogey
Both mean something feared, but bogeyman usually has a person-like form, as in children's stories.
दोनों का अर्थ डरावनी चीज़ है, पर bogeyman प्रायः बच्चों की कहानियों की तरह व्यक्ति जैसा होता है।
- The bogeyman of the story had red eyes.
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adjective + bogeyman
imaginarypoliticalnewconvenientmodern
- Foreigners became the convenient bogeyman of the campaign.
verb + bogeyman
fearscare withinventturn intoblame
- Some parents scare children with a bogeyman to make them sleep.
bogeyman + of + noun
bogeyman of terrorismbogeyman of inflationbogeyman of debt
- The bogeyman of debt keeps many farmers awake at night.
bogeyman + verb
will get youlives inhides undercomes at night
- The children believed that the bogeyman comes at night.
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- As a boy, Radhika's brother believed the bogeyman hid under his bed.
बचपन में राधिका के भाई को लगता था कि bogeyman उसके बिस्तर के नीचे छिपा है।
- The director of the film uses the bogeyman as a symbol of hidden fear.
फ़िल्म का निर्देशक bogeyman को छिपे डर के प्रतीक के रूप में प्रयोग करता है।
- For some leaders, the opposition is a handy bogeyman.
कुछ नेताओं के लिए विपक्ष एक सुविधाजनक हौवा है।
- The old caretaker was the bogeyman of the hostel for first-year students.
पुराना देखभालकर्ता पहले वर्ष के विद्यार्थियों के लिए छात्रावास का हौवा था।
- Stories of the bogeyman are told in many languages around the world.
Bogeyman की कहानियाँ दुनिया की कई भाषाओं में सुनाई जाती हैं।
- Radhika laughed at the bogeyman costume at the school fancy-dress show.
राधिका स्कूल के fancy-dress शो में bogeyman की पोशाक देखकर हँस पड़ी।
- Parents should not use the bogeyman to make children eat.
माता-पिता को बच्चों को खिलाने के लिए bogeyman का डर नहीं दिखाना चाहिए।
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✗ The children were afraid from the bogeyman.
✓ The children were afraid of the bogeyman.
Afraid takes the preposition of.
'Afraid' के बाद preposition 'of' आता है।
✗ Two bogeymans lived in the story.
✓ Two bogeymen lived in the story.
The plural of bogeyman is bogeymen.
'Bogeyman' का plural 'bogeymen' है।