Search Result for "bete_noire":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a detested person;
- Example: "he is an anathema to me"
[syn: anathema, bete noire]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bete noire \B[^e]te" noire"\ [Fr., lit. black beast.]
   Something especially hated or dreaded; a bugbear.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bete noire
    n 1: a detested person; "he is an anathema to me" [syn:
         anathema, bete noire]