Bugbear synonyms

bŭg'bâr'

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bug-bear (related)
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dread
Fear mixed with awe or reverence
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bete noire
An anathema; someone or something which is particularly disliked or avoided; an object of aversion, the bane of one’s existence.
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hate
A person or thing hated
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nightmare
(Now rare) A female demon or monster, thought to plague people while they slept and cause a feeling of suffocation and terror during sleep.
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specter
A specter haunted the cemetery at the old Vasquez manor.
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goblin
(Folklore) An evil or mischievous spirit, often represented in pictures as humanlike and ugly or misshapen in form
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bogy
An imaginary evil being or spirit; goblin
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scarecrow
A crude image or effigy of a person set up in a field to scare birds away from growing crops.
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curse
A calling on God or the gods to send evil or injury down on some person or thing
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anathema
The definition of an anathema is a person or thing who is detested or hated.
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bane
(Old Poet.) Deadly harm; ruin; death
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pet-peeve
Something about which one frequently complains; a particular personal vexation.
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care (related)
A cause of such a mental state
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difficulty (related)
Something not easily done, accomplished, comprehended, or solved:
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apprehension
An anxious feeling of foreboding; dread
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bogey
(--- Chiefly British) The number of strokes that a good player is likely to need to finish a golf hole or course.
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boogeyman
Alternative spelling of bogeyman.
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ghost
A slight or faint trace:
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gremlin
(By extension) Any mysterious, unknown source of trouble or mischief.
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hobgoblin
A small, ugly goblin that makes trouble for humans
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loup-garou
A werewolf.
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ogre
(Mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
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problem
A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
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scare
The definition of a scare is something frightening or a sudden panic of fear.
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wraith
The spectral figure of a person supposedly seen as a premonition just before that person's death
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abhorrence
One that is disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
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abomination
Abhorrence; disgust.
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aversion
An intense or definite dislike; antipathy; repugnance
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bête noire
An object of extreme dislike
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detestation
Something detested.
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execration
Something that is cursed or loathed.
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horror
(Informal) Something very bad, ugly, disagreeable, etc.
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love (related)
A feeling of devotion or adoration toward God or a god.
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bugaboo
Alternative spelling of bug-a-boo.
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booger
Any person or thing, esp. one regarded as troublesome, unpleasant, etc.
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gripe (related)
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terror
(Uncountable) Intense dread, fright, or fear.
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phantom
Something that seems to appear to the sight but has no physical existence; apparition; vision; specter
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fear (related)
​(uncountable) A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
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  • He was the hero of the one side, just as he was the bugbear of the other.

  • My real bugbear is Science GCSE modules in October!

  • The bugbear is termination charges on these plans, which are often extortionate.

  • The ecological fallacy has become a bugbear to frighten people away from interpreting social observations in collective terms.

  • One major bugbear, however, is the present state of the road surface.

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