| Bete Noire (n.) Something especially hated or dreaded; a bugbear. Thesaurus Entries Dracula, Frankenstein, Mumbo Jumbo, Wolf-man, affliction, anathema, bane, bogey, bogeyman, boggart, bogle, booger, boogerman, boogeyman, bug, bugaboo, bugbear, bugger, burden, calamity, crushing burden, curse, death, destruction, detestation, disease, evil, fee-faw-fum, frightener, ghost, ghoul, grievance, harm, hate, hobgoblin, holy terror, horror, incubus, infliction, monster, nemesis, nightmare, ogre, ogress, open wound, pest, pestilence, phantom, plague, revenant, running sore, scarebabe, scarecrow, scarer, scourge, specter, succubus, terror, thorn, torment, vampire, vexation, visitation, werewolf, woe |