An imaginary monster used to frighten children
Same as
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
Noun
an imaginary monster used to frighten children
n.
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.
n.
Same as Bugaboo.
a.
Causing needless fright.
v. t.
To alarm with idle phantoms.
Bugbear
Bugbear
Same as
To alarm with idle phantoms.
Usage Examples
A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions.
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