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bogeyman
[ boog-ee-man, boh-gee-, boo- ]
noun
- an imaginary evil character of supernatural powers, especially a mythical hobgoblin supposed to carry off naughty children.
bogeyman
/ ˈəʊɡɪˌæ /
noun
- a person, real or imaginary, used as a threat, esp to children
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
Once you start to see bogeymen in one place, it's easy to see them everywhere.
“Carter never got over the feeling of betrayal and abandonment by the Jewish community” that he felt he had helped with the Camp David accords but for whom he had “become a bogeyman,” Miller said.
Such simplicity in design, along with a winking sense of artifice, is partly what helped turn Kent’s bogeyman into an unlikely gay icon.
Nicolas Cage plays the film’s titular bogeyman — but you wouldn’t necessarily know that from the marketing materials, which deliberately obscure the actor’s face.
Los Angeles has always been a magnet for those seeking fame, even if that means serving as a bogeyman for opportunistic pundits.
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