n. 25B6; noun PET HATE, bête noire, bogey; bane, irritation, vexation, anathema, thorn in one's flesh/side; nightmare, horror; informal peeve, pain (in the neck), hang-up; N. Amer. bugaboo.
BUGBEAR
Meaning of BUGBEAR in English
Concise Oxford thesaurus English vocabulary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка тезаурус. 2012