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Showing words for BUGBEAR using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Bugbear

bugbear

6 Letter Words for Bugbear

gabber

5 Letter Words for Bugbear

argue, auger, bagre, barbe, barbu, barge, bauge, bebar, begar, brage, breba, bugre, burga, burge, garbe, gaure, gebur, rebab, rebag, rugae

4 Letter Words for Bugbear

abbe, abbr, ager, ague, areg, aube, auge, babe, barb, bare, baru, baur, bear, beau, berg, brab, brae, brag, buba, bura, burb, bure, burg, erub, garb, gare, gaub, gaur, gear, gerb, grab, grub, grue, guar, rage, rube, ruga, urea, urge

3 Letter Words for Bugbear

abb, abr, abu, aer, age, agr, arb, are, arg, aru, aug, bab, bae, bag, bar, beg, ber, bra, bub, bug, bur, ear, eau, ebb, era, erg, gab, gar, gau, geb, ger, gra, gub, gue, gur, rab, rag, rea, reb, reg, rub, rue, rug, ura, urb, ure

Definitions for Bugbear

[1] any source, real or imaginary, of needless fright or fear.
[2] a persistent problem or source of annoyance.
[3] Folklore . a goblin that eats up naughty children.
[4] a thing that causes obsessive fear or anxiety
[5] (in English folklore) a goblin said to eat naughty children and thought to be in the form of a bear

Words related to Bugbear

gremlin, scare, hobgoblin, ogre, apprehension, bugaboo, fear, bogey, dread, threat, terror, problem, goblin, specter, wraith, loup-garou, bogy, boogeyman

Words nearby Bugbear

bugaloo, buganda, bugatti, bugayev, bugbane, bugbear, bugboy, bugeye, bugger, bugger about, bugger off

Origin of Bugbear

First recorded in 1570–80; bug2 + bear2

Word origin for Bugbear

C16: from bug ² + bear ²; compare bugaboo

Synonyms for Bugbear

apprehension, bogey, bogy, boogeyman, bugaboo, dread, fear, goblin, gremlin, hobgoblin, loup-garou, ogre, problem, scare, specter, terror, threat, wraith, bete noire