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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. [ 1913 Webster]
Bugbear \ Bug" bear`\, v. t. To alarm with idle phantoms. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster] But, to the world no bugbear is so great As want of figure and a small estate. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] The bugaboo of the liberals is the church pray. -- S. B. Griffin. [ 1913 Webster] The great bugaboo of the birds is the owl. -- J. Burroughs. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 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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