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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : beyt nwahr; French bet nwar |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌbeɪt ˈnwɑr; French bɛt ˈnwar |
Definition of bete noire
Origin :- "insufferable person," 1844, from French bête noire "personal aversion," as an adjective, "stupid, foolish;" literally "the black beast."
- noun detested person
- And at these words my post-boy started, and released me from my bete noire.
- Extract from : « Pelham, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- It is a morbid desire to wear the skates on my feet that has always been my bete noire.
- Extract from : « Remarks » by Bill Nye
- The weather, being practically the bete noire of our existence, came in for a good deal of abuse.
- Extract from : « The Home of the Blizzard » by Douglas Mawson
- It was a solution to her great difficulty, a loophole by which she might get rid of her bete noire, the hated Isabel.
- Extract from : « East Lynne » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- Even the winter snows—forever its bete noire—did not discourage him, not for long, at any rate.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad » by Edward Hungerford
- Bradwood, the rival, the bete noire of the banking-house of Mortimer & Co.
- Extract from : « The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I (of 2) » by Alexandre Dumas pre
- At last I lost my bete noire, and found a place close to the door with nothing but a low pile of logs in my front.
- Extract from : « Border and Bastille » by George A. Lawrence
Synonyms for bete noire
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