bug·bear (b g bâr )n. 1. A bugaboo. 2. A fearsome imaginary creature, especially one evoked to frighten children. [Obsolete bug, hobgoblin (from Middle English bugge, perhaps from Welsh bwg) + bear.] |
bugbear
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a thing that causes obsessive anxiety [obsolete bug an evil spirit + bear2]
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| Noun | 1. |  bugbear - an imaginary monster used to frighten childrenmonster - an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts |
| 2. | bugbear - an object of dread or apprehension; "Germany was always a bugbear for France"; "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"--Ralph Waldo Emerson object - the focus of cognitions or feelings; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection" |
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