Thesaurus results for BOGIES

bogeys

noun

variants also bogies

plural of bogey

as in dreads

something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason math and math tests have long been bogeys for many students

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as in spirits

the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people the child believed bogeys lived in the closet

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Recent Examples of bogeys Quackenbush, a 55-year-old resident of Aiken, South Carolina, carded an even-par 70 by mixing two birdies with two bogeys. — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2026 Sei Young Kim chipped in for birdie on the par-3 11th to take a one-stroke lead in the final group, then dropped four shots on the next three holes with a double bogey and two bogeys. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026 Kim's incredible performance included 12 birdies and zero bogeys, highlighted by brilliant iron play and an aggressive 24-foot birdie putt on the 18th to secure the fabled 59. — Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026 Burns was losing ground quickly on the front nine with three straight bogeys, none more damaging than a pitch to the reachable par-four fifth hole that went over the back of the green. — Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026 Burns was losing ground quickly on the front nine with three straight bogeys, none more damaging than a pitch to the reachable par-4 fifth hole that went over the back of the green. — Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026

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Royals, who has typically sported some of the team’s most stylish hair, cut his dreads last week.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026
He's described by officials as a Black male in his late teens with a medium-large build and thick dreads.

— Nick Lentz, CBS News, 15 June 2026

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Upstairs, on the top floor, the bar serves vintage hard-to-get champagne and spirits by the glass.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026
The 13 months since have become a collective effort to lift the spirits of Brotheron, who has also played alongside artists like Patty Griffin, Caroline Herring, Rodney Hayden, and Andy Hedges.

— Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of spirits

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Best Supporting Actress One of Hickey’s bugaboos is the way the supporting races have often been gift-wrapped early, with co-leads like Emilia Pérez’s Zoe Saldaña and A Real Pain’s Kieran Culkin sweeping to victory.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
Now, for one of their chief bugaboos — a primary culprit for the mediocre record through 32 games.

— Joe Vardon, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2025

Definition of bugaboos

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Tara Badstubner explores why recent ghosts are (actually) haunting us.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
The video has so many of Taylor’s favorite tropes—weddings that turn into a mess, metaphorically breaking glass, red wine spilling, mad women, chatty ghosts, symbolic houses.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of ghosts

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Since coming to power in 2012, the ruling populist party has gradually established control over mainstream media while often describing embattled critical outlets as enemies of the state.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
Raz, in his MDA talk, said the backlash against Israel was a campaign orchestrated by radical activists and Israel’s enemies.

— Stewart Ain, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of enemies

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The shadows of the trees swaying in the breeze flickered across it.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Low light can also obscure visual information rather than simply make an image darker, and nighttime conditions vary with cameras, shadows, glare and other sources of noise.

— Bo Wang, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026