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                    as in dreads
                                                
              
          
                                                      something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason                                       
              
                             doing my own tax return is the bête noire that haunts me every April                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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                    as in enemies
                                                
              
          
                                                      something or someone that is hated                                       
              
                             in that organization's view, society's number one bête noire should be the drunk driver of a motor vehicle                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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