ogre
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
a monstrously ugly, cruel, or barbarous person.
Origin of ogre
1Other words for ogre
Other words from ogre
- o·gre·ish [oh-ger-ish], /ˈoʊ gər ɪʃ/, o·grish [oh-grish], /ˈoʊ grɪʃ/, adjective
- o·gre·ish·ly, o·grish·ly, adverb
- o·gre·ism, ogrism, noun
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How to use ogre in a sentence
Storm in sky and sea matches human passions and conflict; waves grind boulders “with ogre anger.”
His demeanor won him the nickname “ogre of Avetrana” because of his dirty fingernails and soiled clothing.
When the new installment of Shrek opened this past weekend, audiences flocked for another fix of ogre and Donkey.
A few more Abbe de Pradits, a few more newspaper articles, and from being an emperor, Napoleon would have turned into an ogre.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacAnd I understood how it had come to pass that our hulking old ogre had fallen in love with her so desperately.
Jaffery | William J. Locke
And we left our nervous ogre and our poor little elf to fight out between themselves whatever battle they had to fight.
Jaffery | William J. LockeThere she silently wept herself to sleep and her dreams were filled with visions of that dreadful ogre, Bonaparte.
Napoleon's Young Neighbor | Helen Leah ReedThe catch is often very good, and the boats come back to the huts laden with the ogre fish, destined to be eaten in their turn!
Round the Wonderful World | G. E. Mitton
British Dictionary definitions for ogre
/ (ˈəʊɡə) /
(in folklore) a giant, usually given to eating human flesh
any monstrous or cruel person
Origin of ogre
1Derived forms of ogre
- ogreish, adjective
- ogress, fem n
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