Thesaurus results for BOGY

bogey

noun

variants also bogie or bogy

as in dread

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 ghost

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 bogey Fleetwood had two bogeys and a birdie on the front nine but settled down from there. —

Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026 But a bogey on the par-3 17th — his tee shot was dangerously close to the ocean left of the green — and Lee finishing birdie-birdie for a 65, created another tie. —

CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026 Bhatia did enough early with six birdies in seven holes at the start of his round that even going the last 11 holes with two bogeys and no birdies didn't cost him the lead. —

Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026 Morikawa nearly found the Pacific with his tee shot on the 17th and dropped a shot with an eventual bogey. —

Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bogey

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This collection hums with multiracial dread, and explores the nuances of family making outside hegemony.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
One gets the sense, reading DuBois, that Stanton’s fervor for political action stemmed from a dread of being governed by idiots.

— Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026