About The Word Ogre
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Ogre
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What's The Definition Of Ogre?
[n] (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
[n] a cruel wicked and inhuman person Synonyms | Synonyms for Ogre: demon | devil | fiend | monster Related Terms | Find terms related to Ogre: Argus | bogey | bogeyman | Briareus | brute | bugaboo | bugbear | cad | centaur | Cerberus | Charybdis | chimera | cockatrice | Cyclops | demon | Dracula | dragon | drake | Echidna | fee-faw-fum | fiend | Frankenstein | frightener | ghost | ghoul | giant | Gorgon | griffin | Harpy | hippocampus | hobgoblin | holy terror | horror | Hydra | incubus | Loch Ness monster | man-eater | Medusa | mermaid | merman | Minotaur | monster | nightmare | nixie | ogress | Pegasus | phantom | Python | revenant | roc | sadist | salamander | satyr | scarebabe | scarecrow | scarer | scoundrel | Scylla | sea horse | sea serpent | siren | specter | Sphinx | succubus | Talos | terror | troll | Typhon | unicorn | vampire | villain | werewolf | windigo | Wolf-man | xiphopagus | zombie See Also | demoniac | disagreeable person | giant | ogress | unpleasant person Ogre In Webster's Dictionary \O"gre\, n. [F., fr. Sp. ogro, fr. L. Orcus the god of the
infernal regions; also, the lower world, hell.]
An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who
lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel
monster.
His schoolroom must have resembled an ogre's den.
--Maccaulay.
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