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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
bugbear
n 1: an imaginary monster used to frighten children [syn:
bogeyman, bugbear, bugaboo, boogeyman, booger]
2: 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 [syn: bugbear,
hobgoblin]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Bugbear \Bug"bear`\, n.
Same as Bugaboo. -- a. Causing needless fright. --Locke.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Bugbear \Bug"bear`\, v. t.
To alarm with idle phantoms.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Bugaboo \Bug`a*boo"\, Bugbear \Bug"bear`\, n. [See Bug.]
Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that
causes needless fright; something used to excite needless
fear; also, something really dangerous, or an imaginary
monster, used to frighten children, etc. "Bugaboos to fright
ye." --Lloyd.
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But, to the world no bugbear is so great
As want of figure and a small estate. --Pope.
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The bugaboo of the liberals is the church pray. --S. B.
Griffin.
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The great bugaboo of the birds is the owl. --J.
Burroughs.
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2. a source of concern; as, the old bugaboo of inflation
still bothers them.
[WordNet 1.5]
Syn: Hobgoblin; goblin; specter; ogre; scarecrow; bogeyman;
boogeyman; booger.
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Thesaurus Results for bugbear:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
Dracula, Frankenstein, Mumbo Jumbo, Wolf-man, 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, dud, evil, false alarm, fee-faw-fum, frightener, ghost, ghoul, grievance, harm, hate, hobgoblin, holy terror, horror, incubus, infliction, monster, 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 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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