bete noire Definition

anathema, nemesis, firebrand, whipping boy, hardliner, stormy petrel, bogeyman, baiter, erstwhile, ally, detractor, confidante, reviled, protege, factionist, young turk, hobbyhorse, communalist, discomfiture, loyalist, tormentor, jana sangh, acolyte, doctrinaire, pariah, hardline, sympathizer, stalwart, sycophant, archenemy, adversary, russophobe, powerbroker, strident, ideologue, fulminations, fieriest, confidant, leftist, betrayer, leftwing, pilloried, ilk, leftie, bugbear, darling, theocrat, archconservative, coterie, crusader, europhile, crony, toady, liberal, stooge, virulently, voluble, basher, satrap, granduncle, inveigh, espousal, vociferous, mortal enemy, brahminism, purblind, apologist, turncoat, redoubtable, loathed, votary, ironically, chagrin, avowedly, pal, dissidence, swadeshi, zealot, ascendance, outspokenly, rightward, trump card, antipathy, pugnacious, vanquisher, despised, maverick, irascible, provocateur, vilified, laborite, prodigal, nawabs, idealogue, ministership, fearmonger, grumbler, staunch, trotskyite, rightest,