Meaning of BUGBEAR
| Pronunciation: | | 'bug`behr
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | bogeyman, booger, boogeyman, bugaboo, hobgoblin |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Bug"bear`\, n.
Same as {Bugaboo}. -- a. Causing needless fright. --Locke.
\Bug"bear`\, v. t.
To alarm with idle phantoms.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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