bête noire — meaning in English
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English meaning
- pet peeve noun A small, specific thing that annoys you far more than it annoys most people.
Senses
bête noire is used for these senses in English:
- bête noire Someone or something that is unbearable and so particularly avoided or disliked; the bane of someone's existence; an object of aversion; an anathema.
- pet peeve (colloquial) Something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike.
- whangdoodle (obsolete) Term of disparagement