Bugaboo

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An object of obsessive, usually exaggerated fear or anxiety: "Boredom, laziness and failure . . . These bugaboos, magnified by imagination, keep [the workaholic] running” ( Dun's Review).
  • n. A recurring or persistent problem: "the bugaboos that have plagued vision systems: high price and slow throughput” ( Lawrence A. Goshorn).
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Alternative spelling of bug-a-boo.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, or an imaginary monster, used to frighten children, etc.
  • n. a source of concern.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A bugbear; a bogy; a vain terror; something to frighten a child.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a source of concern
  • n. an imaginary monster used to frighten children
    • Equivalent
    bugbear   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    headache    vexation    concern    worry    monster   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    specter    goblin    bogeyman    boogeyman    scarecrow   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bogy    domineer    sensationalistic    bogle    gremlin   
     
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