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 Novak opened with two bogeys, but then surged into the lead with three straight birdies. —

Greg Beacham, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025 English had bogeys on two of his first five holes, steadied himself with a birdie on the par-5 sixth hole, then contented himself with 12 straight pars the remainder of the round. —

Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025 The 2023 Open Championship winner Brian Harman (-7) is challenging and doing his best work Tee-to-Green while being the only player without a bogey through two rounds. —

Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025 Instead, a four-shot lead was derailed by bogeys at 11 and 12 and a string of nervy swings that followed. —

Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 4 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bogey

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The plans put in place to find a positive way forward included the following: The Merrillville Advantage: A proactive approach of sharing the many positive attributes that a diverse student body could bring to the community instead of having an atmosphere of fear or dread.

— Dr. Tony Lux, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
However, throngs of people wading into the Ganga often stoked the dread of infection and disease.

— Sudipta Sen, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2025