black beast

black beast

noun

Definition of BLACK BEAST

: bête noire

Examples of BLACK BEAST

1. <Form 1040 has always been his personal black beast, and he puts off dealing with it for as long as he can.>

First Known Use of BLACK BEAST

1862

Related to BLACK BEAST

Synonyms: bête noire, bogey, bugaboo, bugbear, dread, hobgoblin, ogre

Related Words: apparition, ghost, phantasm (also fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, specter (or spectre), spirit, spook, wraith; banshee, bogeyman (also bogyman), demon (or daemon), devil, fiend, ghoul, imp, incubus; fright, horrible, horror, monster, monstrosity, terror; bane, curse, enemy, plague, scourge, torment; abomination, anathema

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Rhymes with BLACK BEAST

archpriest, artiste, at least, batiste, deceased, down east, Far East, love feast, modiste, Near East, northeast, simpliste, southeast