Usually means: Source of irrational or obsessive fear.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word Bugbear:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. bugbear: Merriam-Webster
  2. bugbear: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bugbear: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bugbear: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bugbear: Vocabulary.com
  6. Bugbear, bugbear: Wordnik
  7. bugbear: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. bugbear: Wiktionary
  9. bugbear: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. bugbear: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. bugbear: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Bugbear, bugbear: Dictionary.com
  13. Bugbear (disambiguation), Bugbear: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Bugbear: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. bugbear: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. bugbear: Rhymezone
  17. Bugbear: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. bugbear: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. Bugbear: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  20. bugbear: FreeDictionary.org
  21. bugbear: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. bugbear: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. bugbear: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bugbear: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. bugbear: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. bugbear: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bugbear)

▸ noun:  An ongoing problem; a recurring obstacle or adversity.
▸ noun:  A source of dread; resentment; or irritation.
▸ noun:  (folklore, fantasy) A generic creature, often described as a large goblin, meant to inspire fear in children.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To alarm with idle phantoms.

Similar:
bugaboo, bogeyman, boogeyman, booger, bug-bear, bogey, problem child, boggard, hobgoblin, bullbeggar, more...

Opposite:
delight, pleasure, joy, comfort

Types:
grievance, annoyance, inconvenience, more...

Phrases:
Bugbear Entertainment, bogey or bugbear, more...

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great, old, mere, such, terrible, particular, real, chief, perfect, constant, biggest

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Similar:
bugaboo, bogeyman, boogeyman, booger, bug-bear, bogey, problem child, boggard, hobgoblin, bullbeggar, more...

Opposite:
delight, pleasure, joy, comfort

Types:
grievance, annoyance, inconvenience, more...

Phrases:
Bugbear Entertainment, bogey or bugbear, more...

Adjectives:
great, old, mere, such, terrible, particular, real, chief, perfect, constant, biggest

Colors:
    olive,     forest green,     charcoal,     midnight blue,     burgundy, more...



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