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 →

2) Something or someone you dread or are annoyed by. tree →

sense in the lessons

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

examples

• «Yes, you bugbear, I shall go!» tree →
• Spiders are my bugbear. tree →
• Homework is a bugbear for many children. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bugbear» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.