bête noire
bête noire · bête noires
жупел
Someone or something that is unbearable and so particularly avoided or dislikedSomeone or something that is unbearable and so particularly avoided or disliked; the bane of someone's existence; an object of aversion; an anathema.
UK/bɛt ˈnwɑː/US/bɛt ˈnwɑɹ/
Meaning
1 sensesSomeone or something that is unbearable and so particularly avoided or disliked; the bane of someone's existence; an object of aversion; an anathema.
жу́пелžúpel
Translations
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By meaning 1
someone or something that is unbearable and so particularly avoided or disliked:
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from French bête noire (“(figurative) intolerable person”, literally “Unadapted borrowing from French bête noire (“(figurative) intolerable person”, literally “black beast”).
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Forms
plural: bête noires| Singular | bête noire |
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Synonyms
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