bugbear

bugbear is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, adjective, and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, used to frighten children, etc. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, used to frighten children, etc.
2. noun. Same as Bugaboo.
3. adjective. Causing needless fright.
4. transitive verb. To alarm with idle phantoms.
5. noun. an object of dread or apprehension--Ralph Waldo Emerson

   "Germany was always a bugbear for France"

   "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"

   Synonyms: hobgoblin

6. noun. an imaginary monster used to frighten children

   Synonyms: bogeyman, booger, boogeyman, bugaboo

Synonyms

hobgoblin, bogeyman, booger, boogeyman, bugaboo

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in bugbear:

burbage

Common word forms

bugbears

Words from these letters

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