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Search "bogey" in: bogeyOne entry found. Entry Word: bogey Function: noun Meaning: also bogy or bogie 1 something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason <math and math tests have long been bogeys for many students> Synonyms bête noire, bugaboo, bugbear, hobgoblin, ogre Related Words apparition, ghost, phantasm, phantom, poltergeist, shade, specter (or spectre), spirit, spook, wraith; banshee, bogeyman, demon, devil, fiend, imp, incubus; fright, horror, monster, monstrosity, terror; bane, curse, plague, scourge, torment; abomination, anathema 2 the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people <the child believed bogeys lived in the closet> — see ghost
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