ogre
15
7.4
- noun
- /ˈoʊɡər/
- Offensive
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monstruo
- Debt is an ogre, Kate.
- evil ogre
- little ogre
- monster or ogre
Our Father, not a Scrooge, not a cosmic ogre.
- Our Father, not a Scrooge, not a cosmic ogre.
- I mean, it's so easy to say, oh, somebody, they're like an evil ogre and just trying to do evil and, and cackling in their in their closet or whatever.
- You are an ogre and always smelly.
- You think I'm going to leave it there after that, after that Ogre, you are mental.
- And I would just say like I I respect your religious beliefs, but they're being an ogre on my child's cake and plates will not negatively affect your child.
Examples
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You will not ruin things this time, ogre.
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- Has that ogre left my office yet?
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All right, ogre, I'll make you a deal.
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But I am not an ogre.
Fiction book (2002) -
I had to be the ogre.
Fiction book (1998) -
Now envy is a terrible ogre, children.
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I feel sorry for that poor boy, shut up all alone with such an ogre for a grandfather.
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Something to prove that I'm not a complete ogre.
Fiction book (1996) -
Don't make me sound like such an ogre!
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Everyone in the office thinks he's an ogre because he never smiles or helps anyone.
Synonyms
470
3.3
A very cruel person who hurts others without pity
106
5.1
A cruel person who causes great harm to others
31
9.3
An evil spirit that haunts graveyards and eats dead bodies
14
7.3
A person who is very cruel and hurts other people without pity
5
4.4
A cruel person who hurts others or treats them very badly
3
9.0
A rude name for a person who is cruel or very ugly
1
9.9
A large, frightening female monster in stories that often eats or scares people
1
9.6
A very evil person who hurts and frightens others
1
9.9
A person who behaves violently and scares other people
A person people think is extremely cruel or evil
A person who frightens or upsets others
Idioms
How Cruel
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word ogre comes from the same old names like Orcus and Italian orco, words for a 'monster' of the underworld. That's why we also call a very cruel or frightening person an ogre, because they seem like a human monster.