About The Word Bugbear

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Bugbear

Bugbear Meaning & Definition
Bugbear Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bugbear?

[n] 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
[n] an imaginary monster used to frighten children

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bugbear: bogeyman | booger | boogeyman | bugaboo | hobgoblin

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bugbear: affliction | anathema | bane | bete noire | bogey | bogeyman | boggart | bogle | bogy | booger | boogerman | boogeyman | bug | bugaboo | bugger | burden | calamity | crushing burden | cry of wolf | curse | death | destruction | detestation | disease | Dracula | dud | evil | false alarm | fee-faw-fum | Frankenstein | frightener | ghost | ghoul | grievance | harm | hate | hobgoblin | holy terror | horror | incubus | infliction | monster | Mumbo Jumbo | nemesis | nightmare | ogre | ogress | open wound | pest | pestilence | phantom | plague | revenant | running sore | scarebabe | scarecrow | scarer | scourge | specter | succubus | terror | thorn | torment | vampire | vexation | visitation | werewolf | woe | Wolf-man

See Also | monster | object

Bugbear In Webster's Dictionary

\Bug"bear`\, n. Same as {Bugaboo}. -- a. Causing needless fright. --Locke.
\Bug"bear`\, v. t. To alarm with idle phantoms.

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