bugbear – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
bugbear
n.
irrational fear; difficult problem; goblin that eats naughty children (Folklore)
Bugbear
bugbear
Noun
1. an imaginary monster used to frighten children
(synonym) bogeyman, bugaboo, boogeyman, booger
(hypernym) monster
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
(synonym) hobgoblin
(hypernym) object
bugbear
Rzecz.
problem
Bugbear
(v. t.)
To alarm with idle phantoms.
(n.)
Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, used to frighten children, etc.
(n.)
Same as Bugaboo.
(a.)
Causing needless fright.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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