bugbear

Words with a similar base: bugbear

'bugbear'

[bogeyman.n.01] as in: an imaginary monster used to frighten children

'bugbear'

[bugbear.n.02] as in: an object of dread or apprehension; ; --Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Examples:
Germany was always a bugbear for France
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds