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bogeys

noun , plural of bogey

variants: also bogies

Synonyms and Antonyms of bogeys

1 something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason

math and math tests have long been bogeys for many students

Synonyms of bogeys

bêtes noires, black beasts, bugaboos, bugbears, dreads, hobgoblins, ogres

Words Related to bogeys

apparitions, ghosts, phantasms (also fantasms), phantoms, poltergeists, shades, specters (or spectres), spirits, spooks, wraiths

banshees, bogeymen (also bogymen), demons (or daemons), devils, fiends, ghouls, imps, incubi (also incubuses)

frights, horribles, horrors, monsters, monstrosities, terrors

banes, curses, enemies, plagues, scourges, torments

abominations, anathemas (or anathemata)

2 the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people

the child believed bogeys lived in the closet

Synonyms of bogeys

apparitions, familiar spirits, ghosts, hants [dialect], haunts [chiefly dialect], materializations, phantasms (also fantasms), phantoms, poltergeists, shades, shadows, specters (or spectres), spirits, spooks, sprites, visions, visitants, wraiths

Words Related to bogeys

angels, daimones (or daimons), familiars, genies (also genii), geniuses (or genii), jinn (or jinns), shaitans

doubles, doppelgängers (or doppelgangers), fetches

incubi (also incubuses), lamiae (or lamias), succubi, vampires, zombies

cacodemons, demons (or daemons), devils, fiends, ghouls, imps

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