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frankenstein
OXFORD DICTIONARY
frankenstein, n. (in full Frankenstein's monster) a thing that becomes terrifying to its maker; a monster.
Etymology
Baron Frankenstein, a character in and the title of a novel (1818) by Mary Shelley
THESAURUS
frankenstein
Dracula, Wolf-man, bogey, bogeyman, bugaboo, bugbear, fee-faw-fum, frightener, ghost, ghoul, hobgoblin, holy terror, horror, incubus, monster, nightmare, ogre, ogress, phantom, revenant, scarebabe, scarecrow, scarer, specter, succubus, terror, vampire, werewolfFor further exploring for "frankenstein" in Webster Dictionary Online