bugbears
plural of bugbear
• Burbages, rubbages
Source: Wiktionary
Bug`a*boo", Bug"bear`, n. Etym: [See Bug.]
Definition: 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. "Bugaboos to fright ye." Lloyd. But, to the world no bugbear is so great As want of figure and a small estate. Pope. The bugaboo of the liberals is the church pray. S. B. Griffin. The great bugaboo of the birds is the owl. J. Burroughs.
Syn.
– Hobgoblin; goblin; specter; ogre; scarecrow.
Bug"bear`, n.
Definition: Same as Bugaboo.
– a.
Definition: Causing needless fright. Locke.
Bug"bear`, v. t.
Definition: To alarm with idle phantoms.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
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