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Webster's 1828 DictionaryBUG'BEAR, v.t. To alarm or frighten with idle phantoms. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)n Merriam Webster'snoun Date: 1581 Oxford Reference Dictionaryn. 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) Webster's 1913 DictionaryBugbear Bug"bear`, n. Same as Bugaboo. -- a. Causing needless fright. --Locke. Webster's 1913 DictionaryBugbear Bug"bear`, v. t. To alarm with idle phantoms. Webster's 1913 DictionaryBugaboo 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, used to frighten children, etc. ``Bugaboos to fright ye.'' --Lloyd. But, to the world no bugbear is so great As want of figure and a small estate. --Pope. The bugaboo of the liberals is the church pray. --S. B. Griffin. The great bugaboo of the birds is the owl. --J. Burroughs. Syn: Hobgoblin; goblin; specter; ogre; scarecrow. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary(bugbears) Something or someone that is your bugbear worries or upsets you. Money is my biggest bugbear. N-COUNT Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms
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