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- Dictionarybête noire/bɛt ˈnwɑː/
noun
- 1. a person or thing that one particularly dislikes: "great-uncle Edward was my father's bête noire"
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The meaning of BÊTE NOIRE is a person or thing strongly detested or avoided : bugbear. How to use bête noire in a sentence.
BÊTE NOIRE definition: 1. a person or thing that you dislike very much or that annoys you: 2. a person or thing that you…. Learn more.
Aug 1, 2024 · bête noire (plural bêtes noires) Someone or something that is unbearable and so particularly avoided or disliked; the bane of someone's existence; an object of aversion; an anathema. Synonyms: antipathy, bugbear.
bête noire British English : bogey NOUN / ˈbəʊɡɪ / A bogey is something or someone that people are worried about, perhaps without much cause or reason.
Something or someone a person views with particular dislike: “The new candidate for governor is the bête noire of all the liberals in the state.” From French, meaning “black beast.”
bête noire. noun. hate [noun] something disliked. Getting up in the morning is one of my pet (= particular) hates. (Translation of bête noire from the PASSWORD French-English Dictionary © 2014 K Dictionaries Ltd)
Britannica Dictionary definition of BÊTE NOIRE. [count] : a person or thing that someone dislikes very much. a politician who is the bête noire of liberal/conservative groups. Bête noire is a French phrase that means “black beast.”.
Definition of bête noire noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
