ogre

Speech parts

1. ogre - Noun

2. Ogre - Proper noun

Meaning

An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fiend monster demon lamia hydra cyclops genie goliath heller centaur griffin scarecrow goblin incubus revenant
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Antonyms

angel bunny bliss maine darling being
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Hypernyms

giant disagreeable person unpleasant person

Hyponyms

demoniac ogress

Related terms

ogress ogreish ogrish she-ogre

Phrases with the word

she-ogre loch ness ogre

Anagrams

ergo goer gore Gero orge rego roge

Examples

The Ogre does what ogres can, Deeds quite impossible for Man, But one prize is beyond his reach, The Ogre cannot master Speech: About a subjugated plain, Among its desperate and slain, The Ogre stalks with hands on hips, While drivel gushes from his lips. W. H. Auden

Haven't you heard that this house belongs to an ogre who eats little children? Charles Perrault

So they ended up turning this little twenty eight page book into the movie. And it's all about this stinky, smelly ogre who doesn't care what anybody thinks of him. Mike Myers

The lullaby is the spell whereby the mother attempts to transform herself back from an ogre to a saint. James Fenton

My man is an ogre and there is nothing he likes better than boys broiled on toast. Joseph Jacobs

More hideous than an ogre. Arabic Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Ogopogo Ogossagou OGPU ogreish ogreishly ogreism