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Definition of bête noire noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bête noire

noun

/ˌbet ˈnwɑː(r)/

/ˌbet ˈnwɑːr/

(plural bêtes noires

/ˌbet ˈnwɑːz/

/ˌbet ˈnwɑːrz/

)

(from French)

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a person or thing that particularly annoys you and that you do not like

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