bugbear russian

• бу́ка

  boogeyman, bogyman, bugbear, bugaboo

• пу́гало

  scarecrow

  bugbear, bugaboo, bogey, fright

• баба́й

  bogeyman, Babai (mythical old man), bugbear

  Central Asian, Asian old man

  usurer, loan shark

• жу́пел

  bugbear, bugaboo, bogey, scare word

  brimstone, burning sulphur

• страши́ло

  fright, scarecrow, ugly sight

  bugaboo, bogey, bugbear

Examples

• Его постоя́нной пробле́мой была́ неопря́тность.

  Untidiness was his bugbear.

• Этот вопрос стал жупелом для всех политиков.

  This issue became a bugbear for all politicians.

• Слово реформа стало настоящим жупелом в стране.

  The word “reform” became a real bugbear in the country.