Bugbear

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  • noun. A cause of fear, anxiety, or irritation.
  • noun. A difficult or persistent problem.
  • noun. A fearsome imaginary creature, especially one evoked to frighten children.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Something that causes terror; especially, something that causes needless fright or apprehension.
  • Occasioning causeless fear: as, “such bugbear thoughts,”
  • To alarm with imaginary or idle fears.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Same as bugaboo.
  • transitive verb. To alarm with idle phantoms.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An ongoing problem; a recurring obstacle or adversity.
  • noun. A source of dread; resentment; or irritation.
  • noun. An imaginary creature meant to inspire fear in children.
  • verb. To alarm with idle phantoms.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an imaginary monster used to frighten children
  • noun. an object of dread or apprehension
    • Word Usage
    "My particular bugbear is the supermarket "half-price" special offer – these are no doubt true, technically, but the initial price is generally well above what the wine is actually worth."
    cross-reference
    bogeyman  bogy  bugaboo  bête noire  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    monster  object  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bogie  bugaboo  guff  hoodoo  noire  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Dracula  Frankenstein  Mumbo Jumbo  Wolf-man  affliction  
    variant
    bugaboo  
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