Associations to the word «Bugbear»
Noun
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Wiktionary
BUGBEAR, noun. An ongoing problem; a recurring obstacle or adversity.
BUGBEAR, noun. A source of dread; resentment; or irritation.
BUGBEAR, noun. An imaginary creature meant to inspire fear in children.
BUGBEAR, verb. (transitive) To alarm with idle phantoms.
Dictionary definition
BUGBEAR, noun. An imaginary monster used to frighten children.
BUGBEAR, noun. 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.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.