bugbear

bugbear

1. mörkö

Liittyvät sanat: bogeyman

Synonyymisanakirja

bugbear

kohde, peikko, mörkö, mörrimöykky, hirviö.

Rimmaavat sanat

bugbear rimmaa näiden kanssa:

maar, cheddar, udar, agar, agar-agar, askar, mar, huhmar, piennar, ojanpiennar...

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Englannin sanakirja

bugbear (englanti > suomi)

1. kiusa, riesa

2. menninkäinen, mörkö

bugbear englanniksi

1. An ongoing problem; a recurring obstacle or adversity.

2. A source of dread; resentment; or irritation.

3. Alexander Pope, Epistle I of the First Book of Horace; to Lord Bolingbroke

But, to the world no bugbear is so great

As want of figure and a small estate.

4. 1841, Dickens, s:The Old Curiosity Shop|The Old Curiosity Shop, s:The Old Curiosity Shop/Chapter 3|chapter 3

What have I done to be made a bugbear of, and to be shunned and dreaded as if I brought the plague?

5. An imaginary creature meant to inspire fear in children.

6. 1900, Carl Schurz, s:For Truth, Justice and Liberty|For Truth, Justice and Liberty

The partisans of the Administration object to the word “imperialism,” calling it a mere bugbear having no real existence.

7. puhekieltä To alarm with idle phantoms.

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