What is the meaning of Bugbear?

  • (n.) Same as Bugaboo.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (a.) Causing needless fright.
  • (v.t.) To alarm with idle phantoms.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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