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bete noire
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Princeton's WordNet
anathema, bete noirenoun
a detested person
"he is an anathema to me"
Wiktionary
bête noirenoun
An anathema; someone or something which is particularly disliked or avoided; an object of aversion, the bane of one's existence.
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bete noire
A bete noire is a person or thing that one particularly dislikes or dreads; a pet peeve or nemesis. It originates from a French phrase literally meaning 'black beast'.
Webster Dictionary
Bete noire
something especially hated or dreaded; a bugbear
Wikidata
Bête Noire
Bête Noire is an album by British singer Bryan Ferry, released on Virgin Records in November 1987. The album peaked at no.9 in the UK and was certified Gold by the BPI. The track "The Right Stuff" was the album's only top 40 hit in the UK, peaking at no.37. A second single, "Kiss and Tell", narrowly missed the UK top 40, but made the US top 40 and also appears in the film Bright Lights, Big City. A third single, "Limbo", peaked at no.86 in the UK.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bete noire in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bete noire in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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That game alone would be huge, you layer the president over it. And then you've got this whole subplot of Sessions, the president's bête noire, jumping in.
The complaint, which weakly tries tocast the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) as the evil,bête noire,main villain here, outrageously plays down that the issue was Shields of Strength’s use of the trademarked Department of Defense (DoD) branch emblems on its religious products.
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