Associations to the word «Bete»

Wiktionary

BÊTE DE SCÈNE, noun. A feral player; an actor whose intense performance is likened to a wild animal.
BÊTE DE SCÈNE, noun. A performer with innate talent.
BÊTE NOIR, noun. Misspelling of bête noire.
BÊTE NOIRE, noun. An anathema; someone or something which is particularly disliked or avoided; an object of aversion, the bane of one’s existence.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn