ogre

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.

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

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ogre·ish (gr-sh, grsh) adj.

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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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ogre - a cruel wicked and inhuman person     fiend, demon, monster, devil 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

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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] N → ogro m

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ogre [ˈəʊgə^r] n → ogre m

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ogre

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

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ogre [ˈəʊgəʳ] n → orco

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ogre [ˈəʊgəʳ] n → orco

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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 鬼 (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 妖魔，食人魔鬼