WordNet: bugbear, hobgoblin

an object of dread or apprehension; "Germany was always a bugbear for France"; "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"--Ralph Waldo Emerson"

• hypernym object

bugbear

• (suomi) peikko (synonyymi)

hobgoblin

• (suomi) mörkö (synonyymi)