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单词 bugbear
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(bʌgbeəʳ)
Word forms: plural bugbears
countable noun
Something or someone that is your bugbear worries or upsets you.
Money is my biggest bugbear.
Synonyms: pet hate, bête noire, horror, devil More Synonyms of bugbear

bugbear in British English

(ˈbʌɡˌbɛə)
noun
1. 
a thing that causes obsessive fear or anxiety
2. 
(in English folklore) a goblin said to eat naughty children and thought to be in the form of a bear
Word origin
C16: from bug2 + bear2; compare bugaboo

bugbear in American English

(ˈbʌgˌbɛr)
noun
1. 
an imaginary hobgoblin or terror used to frighten children into good conduct
2. 
anything causing seemingly needless or excessive fear or anxiety
Word origin
bug2 + bear2

Examples of 'bugbear' in a sentence
bugbear

My biggest bugbear on any holiday is trying to work out how to use the different shower systems.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Maths was another bugbear; he slipped through the net at his comprehensive and could not catch up.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
What is their biggest bugbear?
Computing (2010)
The food business is the biggest bugbear.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He will remain a man for whom anodyne causes a headache and swiftly moves to another bugbear.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The scourge of diving is a particular bugbear.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Their main bugbear was the hefty fees they were paying to advertise properties on their sites.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
 Another bugbear for novice gardeners is shape.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
My personal bugbear is neighbour disputes.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But music is my biggest bugbear.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Health and safety is another bugbear.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
That's a real bugbear of mine.
The Sun (2012)
That old British bugbear of class hung over the affair.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Paying 50% tax is big bugbear of mine.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It was a big bugbear at Dior.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Once you reach security, paying for plastic bags to put your toiletries in is a real bugbear.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A particular bugbear for me is the red phone box.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The biggest bugbear is the cost of deliveries, followed by having to collect them at the post office.
The Sun (2012)
Cosmetic surgery is another bugbear.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
 Another bugbear is alcohol duty.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
My personal bugbear, though, is lack of choice.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
His only real bugbear is that he doesn't get to play in England enough.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
(noun) 
Definition
a thing that causes obsessive anxiety
Money is my biggest bugbear.
Synonyms
pet hate
My pet hate is aggressive drivers.
bête noire
Our real bête noire is the car-boot sale.
horror
devil
dread
fiend
anathema
Violence was anathema to them.
bane
bogeyman
bugaboo
bogey
Age is another bogey for those in the acting profession.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of anathema
Definition
a detested person or thing
Violence was anathema to them.
Synonyms
abomination,
bête noire,
enemy,
pariah,
bane,
bugbear
in the sense of bogey
Definition
something that worries or annoys
Age is another bogey for those in the acting profession.
Synonyms
bugbear,
bête noire,
horror,
nightmare,
bugaboo
in the sense of bête noire
Our real bête noire is the car-boot sale.
Synonyms
pet hate,
horror,
nightmare,
devil,
curse,
dread,
bogey,
scourge,
aversion,
nemesis,
anathema,
bane,
abomination,
bogeyman,
bugbear,
bugaboo,
thorn in the flesh or side

Nearby words of
bugbear

  • buffoon
  • buffoonery
  • bug
  • bugbear
  • build
  • build on something
  • build someone up

Synonyms of 'bugbear'

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