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bugbear
Synonyms and Antonyms of bugbear
- Communism was once the nation's biggest bugbear.
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
- She hated all the bugbears of modern life, especially those long commutes to work.
aggravation, annoyance, bother, exasperation, frustration, hassle, headache, inconvenience, irk, irritant, nuisance, peeve, pest, rub, ruffle, thorn, trial, vexation
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