7 English Synonyms for BUGBEAR

Definition: 1. Something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike.

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Definition: 1. Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.

There are 35 definitions of the word bug

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Definition: 1. (often, humorous) A whimsical monster in folklore and children's fiction; a bugbear.

There are 3 definitions of the word whangdoodle

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Definition: 1. (British, rail transport, informal) Acronym of Gospel Oak to Barking Line, a railway line in north London.

There are 4 definitions of the word goblin

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Definition: 1. (ecclesiastical, historical) A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed. [from early 17th c.]

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Definition: 1. Someone or something that is unbearable and so particularly avoided or disliked; the bane of someone's existence; an object of aversion; an anathema.

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Definition: 1. (uncountable) Often followed by against, between, for, or to: a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance, normally towards a person and less often towards a thing, often without any conscious reasoning; aversion, distaste, hostility; (countable) an instance of this.

There are 5 definitions of the word antipathy

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