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Meaning of scare-bug | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“Thus this godly martyr derided long since this Popish scare-bug of purgatory fire, making it inferior to the Bishop's prison.”
“Bitten by the Bolsheviki scare-bug, the country at large seems to have gone mad, but in proposing to convert the Bolsheviki by teaching them English, whether they will or no, Senator Kenyon has plumbed a depth of fatuity almost incredible.”
“There were countless stories over the years about how she would scream at the least little scare-bugs, someone saying boo, fake puke or someone just walking up behind her—and scream.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

scare-crow scare-head scare-line scare-sleep scare-the-birds scareability

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