ogre
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈoʊɡər/
- Literature
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ogro
- He's a big green ogre we're looking at here and he's got some purple hair.
The intrusion of the ogre into the royal hall of Hrothgar, as is Beowulf himself, as he's going to say at one point.
- The intrusion of the ogre into the royal hall of Hrothgar, as is Beowulf himself, as he's going to say at one point.
- So just like ogres have layers and Shrek has layers, humans have layers.
Examples
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In the story, the hero bravely faced the ogre that lived in the dark cave.
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The entire army of ogres washed away and was never heard from again.
Fiction book (1998) -
Now, imagine an ogre baby.
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The one who kills the ogre will be named champion!
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The knight who kills the ogre will be champion.
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But it took only a touch, and the ogres fell down dead.
Fiction book (2000) -
We're not all ogres down here, as I expect you've discovered by now.
Fiction book (1998) -
Ogres smell fear.
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Unhand me, vile ogre!
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Forty princesses are being held captive in a gloomy castle guarded by an ogre with four arms!
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
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2.5
A very large person or animal with a strange, frightening body
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A large, frightening female monster in stories that often eats or scares people
Idioms
How Fierce
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word ogre comes from old names like Orcus and Italian orco, words for a scary being of the 'underworld'. So an ogre in fairy tales is a large, hideous giant who eats people, and that is why the word means that kind of monster today.