bugbear

Speech parts

1. bugbear - Noun

2. bugbear - Adjective

3. bugbear - Verb

Meaning

Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, used to frighten children, etc.

Same as Bugaboo.

Causing needless fright.

To alarm with idle phantoms.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hobgoblin booger bogeyman boogeyman phantom scarecrow goblin wraith bane specter problem bogey ogre detestation pain
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Antonyms

amity bliss solution choice answer conclusion
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Hypernyms

object monster

Anagrams

rubbage Burbage

Examples

The world is a complex place. In our struggles to simplify and understand, we often identify some bugbear and then make it responsible for all evils. Stephen Jay Gould

A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions. William Hazlitt

Language is my bugbear. Everyone says things now like 'I was sat' instead of 'I was sitting', which just sounds so ugly. Penelope Keith

Bugbear took it all. Persian Proverb

Bugbear took that pacifier. Persian Proverb

Germany was always a bugbear for France Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Bugatti Bugay bugbane bugbearish Bugbee bugboy