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Bête Noire

/bɛt ˈnwɑɹ/

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What does Bête Noire mean?

noun

  1. Someone or something that is unbearable and so particularly avoided or disliked; the bane of someone's existence; an object of aversion; an anathema.
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IPA pronunciation

/bɛt ˈnwɑɹ/

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