Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: bugbear  'búg,behr
  1. An imaginary monster used to frighten children
    - bogeyman, bugaboo [N. Amer], boogeyman [US], booger [N. Amer, informal], bogyman
     
  2. An object of dread or apprehension
    "Germany was always a bugbear for France";
    - hobgoblin

Derived forms: bugbears

Type of: monster, object

Encyclopedia: Bugbear

Nearest

Bufo microscaphus
Bufo speciosus
Bufo viridis
Bufonidae
bug
bug off
bug out
bugaboo
Buganda
bugbane
bugbear
bug-eyed
bugged
bugger
bugger all
bugger off
buggered
buggery
bugginess
buggy
buggy whip