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bugaboo
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of BUGABOO
something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason <doing one's tax returns are a real bugaboo for some people>
Related Words 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; bane, curse, enemy, plague, scourge, torment; abomination, anathema
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