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ogre
/ˈoʊ.ɡɚ/
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What does ogre mean?
noun
- A large, grotesque, brutish humanoid monster, typically marked by great strength and a propensity to kill or devour humans.
- (figuratively) A cruel person.
proper noun
- A city in central Latvia.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈoʊ.ɡɚ/
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The foreman became a true ogre, prowling constantly about, keeping her tied down to her miserable task.
Will the little ogre pass without repugnance from the gamy flavour of a carcase to the scent of flowers?
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“Do you suppose I eat like an ogre or a ghoul, that you dread being the companion of my repast?”
Four times during one winter they called me out to behold this little ogre feigning sleep in his den, sometimes in one apple-tree, sometimes in another.
In both modern Greek and Lithuanian household mythology the dragon or drake has become an ogre, a gigantic man with few of the dracontine attributes remaining.