ENGLISH → NEPALI
bogeyman
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noun
बोगीम्यान (काल्पनिक डरलाग्दो खतरा)
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.
In a sentence
The bogeyman of a Halloween-candy poisoner behind every door has animated occasional moral panics against trick-or-treating.
हरेक ढोकाभित्र लुकेको ह्यालोवीन-क्यान्डीमा विष हाल्ने भूतले कहिलेकाहीँ ट्रिक-अर-ट्रिटविरुद्ध नैतिक त्रास पैदा गरेको छ।
The specter of an election-vote recount is this year's political bogeyman.
निर्वाचनको मत पुनर्गणनाको भूत यो वर्षको राजनीतिक बोगीम्यान हो।
A note on usage
broadly; figuratively