bugbear

bug·bear  (bgbâr)

n.

1. A bugaboo.

2. A fearsome imaginary creature, especially one evoked to frighten children.

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[Obsolete bug, hobgoblin (from Middle English bugge, perhaps from Welsh bwg) + bear.]

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bugbear [ˈbʌgˌbɛə]

n

1. a thing that causes obsessive fear or anxiety

2. (Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) (in English folklore) a goblin said to eat naughty children and thought to be in the form of a bear

[from bug² + bear²; compare bugaboo]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bugbear - an imaginary monster used to frighten children bogeyman, booger, boogeyman, bugaboo monster - 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 hobgoblin object - the focus of cognitions or feelings; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection"

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bugbear

noun pet hate, bête noire, horror, nightmare, devil, dread, fiend, anathema, bane, bogeyman, bugaboo, bogey Money is my biggest bugbear.

Translations

bugbear [ˈbʌgbɛəʳ] N → pesadilla f

bugbear [ˈbʌgbɛə^r] n → cauchemar m, bête f noire
bug-eyed [ˌbʌgˈaɪd] adj [monster, Martian] → aux yeux exorbités
to be bug-eyed → ouvrir des yeux ébahis

bugbear [ˈbʌgˌbɛəʳ] n → spauracchio

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bugbear [ˈbʌgˌbɛəʳ] n → spauracchio