b;te noire
NOUN
a person or thing that one particularly dislikes:
"great-uncle Edward was my father's b;te noire";·;"John Maynard Keynes was the b;te noire of all conservative economists"
SIMILAR:
bugbear
anathema
abomination
bogey
bugaboo
pet hate
pet aversion
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Black beast
B;te noire is a French phrase that means “black beast”. It is used to refer to a person or thing that someone dislikes very much. It is an anathema, someone or something which is particularly disliked or avoided, an object of aversion, the bane of one’s existence. It is often used to describe politicians or public figures who are disliked by a particular group.
Black beast
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