Thesaurus results for BUGABOO

bugaboo

noun

ˈbə-gə-ˌbü

Definition of bugaboo

as in dread

something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason doing one's tax returns is a real bugaboo for a lot of people

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Recent Examples of bugaboo En route to finally winning a Super Bowl, the Colts were finally getting the upper hand on their longtime bugaboo, the Brady-Bill Belichick Patriots. — Jim Reineking, USA Today, 4 May 2026 Five batters into Sunday’s game and the home run bugaboo that plagued Imanaga last season delivered a sense of déjà vu to the 33,559 fans in attendance at Wrigley Field. — Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026 But defense remains a big bugaboo, especially around the rim. — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026 Quite simply, Texas got bit by the same bugaboo that has haunted it this entire season. — Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bugaboo

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Noun

The line between dread and pleasure within the realm of the temporally-uncanny is a fine one.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2026
Royals, who has typically sported some of the team’s most stylish hair, cut his dreads last week.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of dread

Noun

Over its 1,200 pages, the novel becomes a haunting of a haunting, a terror echoed and heightened over time.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
The titular musical is a recounting of the 9/11 terror attacks, with original music and cardboard Twin Towers ablaze.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of terror

Noun

After the plague arrived in South Dakota in 2005, the acreage occupied by prairie dogs near Badlands National Park shrunk by three quarters within a decade, despite concomitant efforts to rein in the disease.

— Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Let’s hope that Rooney’s successful effort encourages other prominent authors to speak out against the plague of data centers sweeping the land.

— Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of plague

Noun

The most prominent of those techniques were the use of airbags to land Pathfinder on Mars, as well its Sojourner rover's rocker-bogie suspension system.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Iwai shot a bogey-free 62 and tied for second with Chanettee Wannasaen (65) and In Gee Chun (67).

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

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