"Big Bad Wolf" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌbɪɡ ˌbæd ˈwʊlf/ Forms: Big Bad Wolves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|Big Bad Wolves|head=Big Bad Wolf}} Big Bad Wolf (plural Big Bad Wolves)
  1. An evil fictional wolf that appears in fairy tales or fables. Categories (topical): Fairy tale characters, Fictional characters, Stock characters Categories (lifeform): Wolves Derived forms: big bad [noun] Related terms: big and bad [adjective] Translations (fictional evil wolf): ትልቅ መጥፎ ተኩላ (təlḳ mäṭfo täkula) (Amharic), ذِئْب كَبِير سَيِّئ (ḏiʔb kabīr sayyiʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), 大灰狼 (dàhuīláng) (Chinese Mandarin), Grote Boze Wolf [masculine] (Dutch), granda malbona lupo (Esperanto), Iso Paha Susi (Finnish), grand méchant loup [masculine] (French), der Böse Wolf [masculine] (German), Κακός Λύκος (Kakós Lýkos) [masculine] (Greek), זאב גדול ורע (z'év gadól vará) [masculine] (Hebrew), lupo cattivo [masculine] (Italian), 大きな悪いオオカミ (Ōkina warui ōkami) (Japanese), 큰 나쁜 늑대 (keun nappeun neukdae) (Korean), گرگ بد گنده (gorg-e bad-e gonde) (Persian), wilk [masculine] (Polish), Lobo Mau [masculine] (Portuguese), Lobo Feroz [masculine] (Spanish), Stora stygga vargen (Swedish), Blaidd Mawr Drwg (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Big_Bad_Wolf-en-noun-72xa9ANB Disambiguation of Fairy tale characters: 64 36 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 49 51 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 59 41 Disambiguation of Wolves: 67 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Amharic translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Amharic translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of 'fictional evil wolf': 98 2
  2. (figuratively) Someone blamed for causing problems; a scapegoat. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Fictional characters Synonyms: bogeyman
    Sense id: en-Big_Bad_Wolf-en-noun-cOZ2HyHq Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 49 51

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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