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

There’s no wonder or dread in this future — just the resigned acceptance that nothing is remarkable, despite all the nifty gadgets everyone has.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
The fantasy series’ new season will also introduce the dread Nazgnagôl, Sauron’s Second Age ring-servants.

— Debbie Day, Entertainment Weekly, 24 July 2026

Definition of dread

Noun

Mayra Velasquez was charged with capital murder by terror threat on Friday, July 17, according to prison records seen by PEOPLE.

— Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
In line with the episode’s gothic theme, the women’s smiles, while somewhat genuine, carry a hint of terror.

— Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 20 July 2026

Definition of terror

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The deadliest animal to have ever roamed the earth is not the great white shark, or snakes, or even rats that caused three great plagues in history, decimating the human population at the time.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 July 2026
Had he been exposed to a more run-of-the-mill pneumonic plague, symptom onset would have already consigned him to bed.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026

Definition of plague

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Former University of Kansas golfer Matt Gogel fired a 7-under-par, bogey-free 63 on Sunday to jump 12 spots and tie for second place at the ISPS Handa Senior British Open at Gleneagles Kings Course in Scotland.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
Koivun would post two birdies on the back-nine, and finish with a bogey-free final round to put the icing on his breakout tournament of his very early PGA Tour career.

— Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 27 July 2026

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