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1. A cause of obsessive fear, irritation, or loathing
2. An imaginary being invoked to frighten children, typically a sort of hobgoblin supposed to devour them
1. The idea of failing the exam was a bugbear that haunted Peter Parker throughout the semester.
2. As a child, Bruce Wayne had a bugbear in the form of bats, which later inspired his Batman persona.
3. Keeping his room clean was the ultimate bugbear for Shinchan, much to the dismay of his mother.
4. For Nobita, homework was a bugbear until Doraemon introduced him to a gadget that made it fun.