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Noun: bête noire (bêtes noires)  bet nwaa(r)
  1. Something or someone particularly disliked or dreaded
    "Public speaking was his bête noire";
    - anathema

Derived forms: bêtes noires

Type of: disagreeable person, unpleasant person

Encyclopedia: Bête noire