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UK
/bˈʌɡbeə/
]
NOUN
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an object of dread or apprehension
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
Germany was always a bugbear for France - an imaginary monster used to frighten children
How To Use bugbear In A Sentence
- Their main bugbear was the hefty fees they were paying to advertise properties on their sites. Times, Sunday Times
- Their main bugbear was the hefty fees they were paying to advertise properties on their sites. Times, Sunday Times
- Some frighten their children with beggars, bugbears or hobgoblins if they cry, or be otherwise unruly
- Paying 50% tax is big bugbear of mine. Times, Sunday Times
- Youth nuisance is the main bugbear in this town and we are working hard to stamp it out.
- It's the same thing with phones - one of my personal bugbears.
- Directors said rising costs, new regulations and the difficulty of raising capital are the new bugbears.
- The lack of accountability in this area has been one of my bugbears for a few years, so while welcome, it's very, very late in the day and seems to have been prompted by an IMC report.
- Health and safety is another bugbear. Times, Sunday Times
- The bugbear of amalgamation is continually flaunted in the eyes of the people. The Providential Significance of the Death of Abraham Lincoln