1
: a hideous giant of fairy tales and folklore that feeds on human beings : monster
2
: a dreaded person or object
Examples of ogre in a Sentence
The book portrays their father as an ogre who mistreated them.
a horror movie filled with ogres and demons of every description
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But an industry that went from celebrating a movie about an Iranian ogre kidnapping an American woman to movies about Iranian people themselves held hostage by a tyrannical state showed exactly why cinematic choices matter.
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 5 Mar. 2026
Here, a fairy tale-level ogre in Lorincz gets the benefit of the doubt from police because of her whiteness.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025
The show starts, as many anime romances do, with a childhood friendship, here between the chaotic witch-in-training Nico and the taciturn ogre Morihito.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
Straight from the Kingdom of Far, Far Away, Shrek and his storybook crew have rolled into Manhattan in true ogre fashion — aboard their iconic Onion Carriage.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 5 Mar. 2026
Here, a fairy tale-level ogre in Lorincz gets the benefit of the doubt from police because of her whiteness.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025
The show starts, as many anime romances do, with a childhood friendship, here between the chaotic witch-in-training Nico and the taciturn ogre Morihito.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
Straight from the Kingdom of Far, Far Away, Shrek and his storybook crew have rolled into Manhattan in true ogre fashion — aboard their iconic Onion Carriage.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
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“Ogre.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ogre. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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ogre
noun1
: an ugly giant of fairy tales and folklore that eats people
2
: a dreaded person or object
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