bugbear
n . 妖怪;吓人的东西
妖怪;吓人的东西
bugbear n 1 :
an imaginary monster used to frighten children [
synonym :
{
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 [
synonym : {
bugbear },
{
hobgoblin }]
Bugbear \
Bug "
bear `\,
n .
Same as {
Bugaboo }. --
a .
Causing needless fright . --
Locke .
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1913 Webster ]
Bugbear \
Bug "
bear `\,
v .
t .
To alarm with idle phantoms .
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1913 Webster ]
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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1913 Webster ]
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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1913 Webster ]
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "
bugbear ":
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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