Bugbear

Word BUGBEAR
Character 7
Hyphenation bug bear
Pronunciations /ˈbʌɡ.bɛə(ɹ)/

Definitions and meanings of "Bugbear"

What do we mean by bugbear?

A cause of fear, anxiety, or irritation. noun

A difficult or persistent problem. noun

A fearsome imaginary creature, especially one evoked to frighten children. noun

Something that causes terror; especially, something that causes needless fright or apprehension. noun

Occasioning causeless fear: as, “such bugbear thoughts,”

To alarm with imaginary or idle fears.

Same as bugaboo. noun

To alarm with idle phantoms. transitive verb

An ongoing problem; a recurring obstacle or adversity. noun

A source of dread; resentment; or irritation. noun

An imaginary creature meant to inspire fear in children. noun

To alarm with idle phantoms. verb

An imaginary monster used to frighten children noun

An object of dread or apprehension noun

An ongoing problem; a recurring obstacle or adversity.

A source of dread; resentment; or irritation.

An imaginary creature meant to inspire fear in children.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Bugbear

The word "bugbear" in example sentences

My personal bugbear is the misspelling of lose/loose. on March 21, 2009 at 11: 06 pm | Reply anonymous ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

His only bugbear is likely to be the US policy regarding Israel's and the West's brutal sixty year oppression of the Palestinians – the absolute root cause of all Middle-East terrorism from 9/11 to Iran. ❋ Unknown (2010)

My particular bugbear is the supermarket "half-price" special offer – these are no doubt true, technically, but the initial price is generally well above what the wine is actually worth. ❋ Fiona Beckett (2010)

My other bugbear is that nobody who knows anything about Renaissance art refers to the guy as Da Vinci. ❋ Unknown (2009)

My reading bugbear is the use of second person – it turns me off very quickly even when the author has a good justification for using it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It’s twice as powerful as my old one but one bugbear is that the bowl has no handle, what’s up with that?? ❋ Unknown (2008)

Naturally, the bugbear is the whole 'writing for free' thing and whether I should sling my copyrighted content to a successful news organisation and receive exactly nothing in return. ❋ Monty Munford (2011)

Another bugbear is the closed, ivory tower nature of the process. ❋ Unknown (2005)

But the bugbear was her size, and it was close; it knew exactly how to terrify her. ❋ Anthony, Piers (1983)

The bugbear was the fixing agent or hypo., which not only left indelible marks, but, despite any amount of washing, the image on a finished plate vanished to nothing at the end of an hour's exposure in the show window. ❋ Various (N/A)

The Revolution has never had that long hold on the national imagination in England, either as an idol or a bugbear, which is essential to keep the poet who sings it in effective harmony with new generations of readers. ❋ John Morley (1880)

The child knows not but that the bugbear is the proper object of fear, the blockhead knows not that a cannon-ball is so. ❋ Henry Fielding (1730)

Another bugbear was the standard, extortionate prices for web access - luckily you can pick up BT Open on wireless. ❋ Unknown (2009)

My bugbear is the americanism 'I could care less'. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The "bugbear" second summer need not be feared by the mother who takes particular care to see that: ❋ William S. Sadler (N/A)

It does mean I’m going to have to face the 70,000 word bugbear in the room now, though. ❋ Arcaedia (2008)

Well, brethren, I will tell you in good earnest, you may begin to draw on your seven-league boots and prepare to do some swift running, for this grey-headed, ghostly, old "bugbear" is again drawn forth from his hiding place, and will soon be in his full glory. ❋ N.C. (1898)

"bugbear" poison our pleasures and haunt our midnight visions. ❋ Unknown (1910)

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