bogeyman Synonym

creature, monster, brute, animal, fiend, savage, wild thing, critter, being, entity, organism, living thing, life form, fauna, varmint, vermin, predator, carnivore, mammal, reptile, amphibian, bird, fish, insect, arachnid, invertebrate, vertebrate, beastie, monstrosity, abomination, ogre, demon, devil, ghoul, goblin, troll, werewolf, vampire, chimera, dragon, griffin, hydra, leviathan, minotaur, wyvern, basilisk, kraken, wendigo, yeti, sasquatch [x]

anxious, jittery, tense, uneasy, apprehensive, edgy, agitated, restless, fidgety, worried, skittish, jumpy, on edge, high-strung, uptight, flustered, panicky, stressed, frazzled, unsettled, perturbed, alarmed, fearful, timid, shaky, queasy, troubled, distressed, disconcerted, fretful, neurotic, overwrought, spooked, hyper, keyed up, twitchy, nervous wreck, on pins and needles, in a tizzy, in a dither, in a flap, in a state, all of a dither, all of a flutter, all of a lather, all of a stew, all of a sweat, all of a tizz, all of a twitter [x]

consternation, alarm, distress, shock, disquiet, unease,ension, trepidation, perturbation, anxiety, fear, dread, horror, panic, worry, concern, agitation, upset, uneasiness, nervousness, fright, terror, bewilderment, confusion, surprise, amazement, astonishment, disappointment, discouragement, disheartenment, dejection, despair, gloom, melancholy, sorrow, sadness, grief, regret, chagrin, mortification, embarrassment, discomposure, disconcertment, perturbance, misgiving, qualm, foreboding, dreadfulness, awe [x]

scare, terrify, alarm, startle, intimidate, horrify, petrify, spook, unnerve, daunt, dismay, appall, shock, panic, cow, disconcert, unsettle, agitate, disturb, rattle, shake, menace, threaten, browbeat, bully, overawe, awe, chill, consternate, faze, fright, horripilate, scare stiff, scare to death, give a fright, give a scare, give the creeps, give the jitters, put the wind up, strike terror into, throw into a panic, make someone's hair stand on end, make someone's blood run cold, make someone's flesh creep, make someone's skin crawl, give someone the heebie-jeebies, give someone the willies [x]

stalls, seizes, locks-up, halts, stops, jams, crashes, hangs, pauses, immobilizes, congeals, solidifies, stiffens, petrifies, paralyzes, clogs, obstructs, blocks, chokes, deadlocks, suspends, interrupts, ceases, falters, bogs-down, grinds-to-a-halt, comes-to-a-standstill, freezes, ices-up, glaciates, frostifies, chills, cools, refrigerates, deep-freezes, frost, coagulates, gels, hardens, crystallizes, vitrifies, ossifies, calcifies, fossilizes [x]

shaking, quivering, shivering, shuddering, vibrating, quaking, jittering, wobbling, twitching, fluttering, trembling [x]

giant, monster, troll, fiend, beast, brute, demon, goblin, goliath, colossus, behemoth, leviathan, cyclops, titan, wraith, specter, apparition, phantom, ghoul, poltergeist, revenant, bogeyman, bugbear, hobgoblin, devil, fiendish, fiendlike, fiendly, fiendishness, fiendishly [x]

illusion, fantasy, delusion, mirage, dream, hallucination, figment, phantasm, specter, phantom, vision, apparition, fabrication, invention, creation, concoction, fancy, whimsy, pipe dream, castle in the air, daydream, reverie, flight of fancy, figment of the imagination, wild idea, unattainable idea, unattainable dream, false hope, false belief, false impression, false perception, self-deception, wishful thinking, fool's paradise, utopia, ideal, unattainable goal, impossible dream, imaginary idea, imaginary concept, imaginary vision, mental image, mental picture, mental construct, mental creation, mental fabrication, mental invention, mental illusion, mental delusion, mental fantasy [x]

worry, be concerned, be anxious, dread, fear, be uneasy, be nervous, be fearful, be troubled, be worried, be alarmed, be scared, be frightened, be tense, be apprehensive, be jittery, be on edge, be afraid, be distressed, be perturbed, be agitated, be disquieted, be fretful, be restless, be jumpy, be skittish, be spooked, be wary, be cautious, be hesitant, be reluctant, be doubtful, be uncertain, be unsure, be insecure, be mistrustful, be suspicious, be leery, be distrustful, be skeptical, be dubious, be hesitant about, be unsure about, be uncertain about, be doubtful about, be wary of, be cautious of, be leery of [x]

enemy, foe, adversary, antagonist, rival, opponent, nemesis, villain, arch-enemy, malefactor, persecutor, tormentor, assailant, attacker, aggressor, invader, combatant, contender, competitor, challenger, hostile, belligerent [x]

worries, concerns, fears, apprehensions, unease, nervous, stress, tension, dread, angst, trepidation, misgivings, qualms, disquiet, agitation, restlessness, jitters, frets, dismay, panic, alarm, distress, perturbation, foreboding, worry, nervous tension, nervous strain, nervous apprehension, nervous dread, nervous fear, nervous concern, nervous unease, nervous disquiet, nervous agitation, nervous restlessness, nervous jitters, nervous frets, nervous dismay, nervous panic, nervous alarm, nervous distress, nervous perturbation, nervous foreboding, mental strain, mental stress, mental tension, mental unease, mental disquiet, mental agitation [x]

worry, fret, be anxious, be concerned, be apprehensive, be nervous, be troubled, be worried, be fearful, be uneasy, be tense, be on edge, be jittery, be restless, be agitated, be perturbed, be disquieted, be distressed, be disturbed, be upset, be alarmed, be bothered, be preoccupied, be fretful, be fidgety, be jumpy, be skittish, be worried sick, be in a dither, be in a tizzy, be in a flap, be in a state, be in a stew, be in a sweat, be in a lather, be in a panic, be in a frenzy, be in a turmoil, be in a quandary, be in a pickle, be in a jam, be in a fix, be in a bind, be in a spot, be in a tight spot, be in a tight corner, be in a tight squeeze, be in a predicament [x]

concerned, anxious, apprehensive, uneasy, fretful, troubled, distressed, nervous, perturbed, agitated, alarmed, bothered, disquieted, fearful, tense, worried, preoccupied, on edge, jittery, restless, uptight, stressed, panicky, jumpy, fidgety, overwrought, distraught, tormented, plagued, harassed, vexed, disturbed, shaken, flustered, unnerved, fraught, in a tizzy, in a dither, in a flap, in a state, on tenterhooks, in suspense, in a stew, in a lather, in a sweat, in a funk, in a panic, in turmoil, in distress [x]

freak out, one's cool, be frantic, be hysterical, be in a tizzy, be in a flap, be in a state, be agitated, be alarmed, be anxious, be distressed, be flustered, be nervous, be perturbed, be rattled, be scared, be terrified, be unnerved, be worried, lose one's head, panic, be in a dither, be in a frenzy, be in a lather, be in a stew, be on edge, be overwrought, be scared stiff, be spooked, be stressed, be uptight, go berserk, go to pieces, have a meltdown, have kittens, lose it, lose one's nerve, lose one's composure, lose one's temper, lose one's wits, melt down, wig out, be beside oneself, be in a sweat, be in turmoil, be jumpy, be on pins and needles, be on tenterhooks [x]

be anxious, be worried, be fearful, be uneasy, be nervous, be concerned, be afraid, be alarmed, tense, be jittery, be on edge, be apprehensive, be fretful, be troubled, be distressed, be agitated, be perturbed, be disquieted, be restless, be jumpy, be skittish, be spooked, be panicky, be scared, be frightened, be terrified, be horrified, be dreading, be in a state, be in a tizzy, be in a flap, be in a stew, be in a sweat, be in a lather, be in a funk, be in a panic, be in a frenzy, be in a turmoil, be in a state of anxiety, be in a state of fear, be in a state of worry, be in a state of unease, be in a state of nervousness, be in a state of concern, be in a state of alarm, be in a state of tension, be in a state of distress, be in a state of agitation [x]