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ogre

[ oh-ger ]

noun

  1. a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
  2. a monstrously ugly, cruel, or barbarous person.

    Synonyms: despot, tyrant, fiend



ogre

/ ˈəʊɡə /

noun

  1. (in folklore) a giant, usually given to eating human flesh
  2. any monstrous or cruel person


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Derived Forms

  • ˈogress, noun:feminine
  • ˈogreish, adjective

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Other Words From

  • o·gre·ish [oh, -ger-ish], o·grish [oh, -grish], adjective
  • ogre·ish·ly ogrish·ly adverb
  • ogre·ism ogrism noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ogre1

1705–15; < French; perhaps ≪ Latin Orcus Orcus

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ogre1

C18: from French, perhaps from Latin Orcus god of the infernal regions

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Example Sentences

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.

And I understood how it had come to pass that our hulking old ogre had fallen in love with her so desperately.

And we left our nervous ogre and our poor little elf to fight out between themselves whatever battle they had to fight.

There she silently wept herself to sleep and her dreams were filled with visions of that dreadful ogre, Bonaparte.

The 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!

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