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ogre
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o·gre  (gr)
n.
1. A giant or monster in legends and fairy tales that eats humans.
2. A person who is felt to be particularly cruel, brutish, or hideous.

[French, probably ultimately from Latin Orcus, god of the underworld.]

ogre·ish (gr-sh, grsh) adj.

ogre [ˈəʊgə]
n
1. (Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) (in folklore) a giant, usually given to eating human flesh
2. any monstrous or cruel person
[from French, perhaps from Latin Orcus god of the infernal regions]
ogreish  adj
ogress  fem n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ogreogre - a cruel wicked and inhuman person    
disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
demoniac - someone who acts as if possessed by a demon
2.ogre - (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
folklore - the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture
giant - an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales
ogress - (folklore) a female ogre

ogre
noun
1. fiend, monster, beast, villain, brute, bogeyman Some people think of bank managers as ogres.
2. monster, giant, devil, beast, demon, bogey, spectre, fiend, ghoul, bogeyman, bugbear an ogre in a fairy tale
Translations
ogre [ˈəʊgəʳ] Nogro m

ogre [ˈəʊgər] nogre m

ogre
n (Myth) → Menschen fressender Riese; (fig)Ungeheuer nt, → Unmensch m

ogre [ˈəʊgəʳ] norco
ogre [ˈəʊgəʳ] norco

ogre
n ogre [ˈəugə]
in fairy stories, a frightening, cruel giant. paaiboelie, skrikbeeld, bullebak غول великан obr lidožrout uhyre das Ungeheuer δράκος (σε παραμύθια) ogro kuri koll دیو؛ آدمخوار jättiläinen ogre עֲנָק אוֹכֵל אָדָם नरपिशाच, नरभक्षी, राक्षस div emberevő óriás raksasa yang jahat dan menakutkan tröll orco (동화, 민화의) 사람 잡아먹는 도깨비 žmogėdra, milžinas milzis cilvēkēdājs gergasi mensenetende reus troll, uhyre, rise olbrzym, ludożerca, ludojad ogre căpcăun великан-людоед obor – ľudožrút velikan, ljudožerec džin [] jätte ยักษ์กินมนุษย์เป็นอาหาร dev 妖魔,食人魔鬼 людожер-велетень ديو yêu tinh


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