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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bugbear has 2 senses
- bugbear(n = noun.person) bogeyman, booger, boogeyman, bugaboo - an imaginary monster used to frighten children; is a kind of monster
- bugbear(n = noun.cognition) hobgoblin - an object of dread or apprehension; "Germany was always a bugbear for France"; "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" is a kind of object
CIDE DICTIONARY
bugbear, 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. Lloyd. [1913 Webster]"But, to the world no bugbear is so great
As want of figure and a small estate." [1913 Webster]"The bugaboo of the liberals is the church pray." [1913 Webster]"The great bugaboo of the birds is the owl." [1913 Webster] - 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.
bugbear, n.
Same as Bugaboo. Locke. [1913 Webster]
bugbear, v. t.
To alarm with idle phantoms. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bugbear, n.
1 a cause of annoyance or anger; a b{ecirc}te noire.
2 an object of baseless fear.
3 archaic a sort of hobgoblin or any being invoked to intimidate children.
1 a cause of annoyance or anger; a b{ecirc}te noire.
2 an object of baseless fear.
3 archaic a sort of hobgoblin or any being invoked to intimidate children.
Etymology
obs. bug + BEAR(2)