Meaning of BETE NOIRE
| Pronunciation: | | bet 'nwar
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| | Definition: | | [n] a detested person; "he is an anathema to me" |
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| | Synonyms: | | anathema |
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| | See Also: | | disagreeable person, unpleasant person | |
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| | Definition: | | \B[^e]te" noire"\ [Fr., lit. black beast.]
Something especially hated or dreaded; a bugbear.
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| | Related Terms: | | affliction, anathema, bane, bogey, bogeyman, boggart, bogle, booger, boogerman, boogeyman, bug, bugaboo, bugbear, bugger, burden, calamity, crushing burden, curse, death, destruction, detestation, disease, Dracula, evil, 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 |
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