About The Word Bugbear

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Bugbear to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Bugbear definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

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.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Follower ‐ an ordinary person who accepts the leadership of another [n]…
  • Qatari riyal ‐ the basic unit of…
  • Bos taurus ‐ domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age;…
  • Cortina ‐ a cobwebby partial veil consisting of…
  • Clianthus speciosus ‐ sprawling shrubby perennial noted for its scarlet black-marked…
  • Blowjob ‐ slang terms…
  • Rhodopsin ‐ a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates…
  • Couch grass ‐ European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized…
  • Divine guidance ‐ (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of…
  • Genus athyrium ‐ temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed…