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# bugbear

«bugbear» in Mova's school dictionary: **A bogey or imaginary monster that frightens children (old…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (bugbears)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A bogey or imaginary monster that frightens children (old use). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bugbear/#m1)

2) Something or someone you dread or are annoyed by. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bugbear/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

an insult for a pest, or a frightening thing that people fear

### examples

- «Yes, you bugbear, I shall go!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bugbear/#x1)
- Spiders are my bugbear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bugbear/#x2)
- Homework is a bugbear for many children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bugbear/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bugbear» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bugbear/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.