Thesaurus results for BOGY

bogey

noun

variants also bogie or bogy

Definition of bogey

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 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 The 42-year-old Topeka native had two birdies, a bogey and six pars on the front nine, making the turn at 1-under 34. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026 Whaley holed a nervy 5-foot bogey putt on the 18th hole to defeat Georgia senior Carter Loflin. — Mercury News Staff, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026 With one final bogey for a 3-over 73, Woods finishes out of the top 100 for the first time ever in a major. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bogey

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Noun

The mood would be a mix of confidence, desperation and nagging dread.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Instead, Sega and Creative Assembly have bet on pure atmosphere, dread that runs deeper thanks to more detailed graphics and audio, and of course, letting everyone know the Xenomorph's dynamic AI has evolved too.

— Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of dread

Noun

During a fraught encounter between Hamlet and the ghost of his father, an actor freezes before exiting entirely.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026
Liam sweeps in like the ghost of Christmas Present and suddenly everyone — everyone being Noel — starts to wonder if this just might work after all.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of ghost

Noun

As dark occurrences begin to shatter the quiet of their isolated home, the boy is forced to navigate a harrowing psychological nightmare where the line between real-world madness and supernatural terror blurs.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026
His thinking ensured that the hotel needed only minor updates over the decades, the biggest renovation resulting from a deadly terror attack and siege in Mumbai in 2008.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of terror

Noun

For evening observers, this apparition has been more frustrating than triumphant, with Venus lingering low in the glow of twilight instead of climbing into a commanding position.

— Joe Rao, Space.com, 5 Sep. 2026
One minute, the stubble field in front of his stand had been empty, and then suddenly, like an apparition, a whitetail buck had appeared.

— Jeff Murray, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of apparition

Noun

This thing of like trying to paint a certain type or color or class of people as the enemy and the great bugaboo in America?

— Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
If there’s any big bugaboo in his profile, he can be beaten by higher-end velocity, but his ability to adjust to secondary offerings keeps him afloat.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026

Definition of bugaboo

Noun

In her latest book, Stay Buried, siblings new to a remote Vermont town discover that the locals live in fear of a vengeful spirit.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 2 Sep. 2026
But the legacy of the modernist academic-cultural complex blinds us to the mimetic spirit of this new technical logic.

— Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of spirit

Noun

The gunplay is punchy and satisfying; Jun and their NPC companions are more agile; and the arsenal of both sci-fi weapons and ancient powers (magic in a sci-fi trench coat) gives players a richer selection of tools to neutralize enemies with.

— Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Who could have guessed that their worst enemy would hail not from across the border but from the skies?

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of enemy

Noun

Fadal brought up her own phantom smells during a recent podcast conversation with Andrea Donsky, a nutritionist who’s written about and conducted research on this symptom.

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 26 Aug. 2026
Both phantoms were packed with thousands of dosimeters, tracking radiation dose over specific phases of the flight rather than just a cumulative total.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026

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