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bête noire
noun
[ bɛt ˈnwɑː ]
• a person or thing that one particularly dislikes.
• "great-uncle Edward was my father's bête noire"
Similar:
bugbear
, pet hate, pet aversion,
anathema
,
abomination
,
bogey
,
bugaboo
, a thorn in one's flesh/side, the bane of one's life,
Opposite:
favourite
,
Origin:
French, literally ‘black beast’.
