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as in monster
a strange or horrible and often frightening creature
a horror movie filled with ogres and demons of every description
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as in dread
something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason
the ogre of the standardized test keeps recurring
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Recent Examples of ogre
Goldberg has flipped her once-charming smile into an ogre’s grimace through daily attacks on national civility from the Democratic Party bully pulpit of ABC-Disney’s The View.
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Armond White, National Review, 7 Mar. 2025
Watch Shrek 2 on Peacock Shrek the Third (2007)
Three years later, Shrek the Third continued the saga, with the beloved ogre facing the unexpected responsibility of becoming king when King Harold falls ill.
—Jane Lacroix, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
The ogre is faster than the gnome, slower than the unicorn, and was delayed arguing with a troll at a toll bridge.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Goldberg has flipped her once-charming smile into an ogre’s grimace through daily attacks on national civility from the Democratic Party bully pulpit of ABC-Disney’s The View.
—Armond White, National Review, 7 Mar. 2025
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Armond White, National Review, 7 Mar. 2025
Watch Shrek 2 on Peacock Shrek the Third (2007)
Three years later, Shrek the Third continued the saga, with the beloved ogre facing the unexpected responsibility of becoming king when King Harold falls ill.
—Jane Lacroix, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
The ogre is faster than the gnome, slower than the unicorn, and was delayed arguing with a troll at a toll bridge.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Goldberg has flipped her once-charming smile into an ogre’s grimace through daily attacks on national civility from the Democratic Party bully pulpit of ABC-Disney’s The View.
—Armond White, National Review, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogre
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Remmick is a monster, but his homeland was colonized by some of the same rapacious forces that brought the twins’ ancestors to America.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2025
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Before this year, Rantanen was a playoff monster, putting up 101 points (34-67) in 81 career playoff games.—
Pierre LeBrun,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Boom!, the semi-autobiographical musical from Rent creator Jonathan Larson, as a hungry young composer racing toward his 30th birthday with more than a note of dread.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
7 May 2025
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Developing Greater Self-Awareness Identifying behavioral signs of anxiety — such as physical restlessness, changes in eating habits or a sense of dread — may provide useful insights.—
Diane Winiarski,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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If that’s true, then the rate of growth of AI startups should be striking terror into corporate board rooms around the world.—
Andrew Binns,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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At least one of the young suspects who have been robbing cabbies since January was arrested, but then released from court without bail, angering taxi advocates, who are demanding prosecutors take a stronger stance against these teen terrors.—
Sheetal Banchariya,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2025
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Coming from an impoverished family, Ding eagerly took part in public humiliation rallies against teachers, intellectuals, government officials and others labeled as enemies of Mao’s vision.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
12 May 2025
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Asking everyone else to leave, the two enemies have a private conversation that finally gets Faye out of Specter Litt Williams for good.—
Tanya Melendez,
EW.com,
9 May 2025
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Sailing teaches us that being an honorable competitor is more important than being a top competitor because while every race is there to lose, luck is the omnipresent hobgoblin.—
Conor Mastromarco,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Nov. 2024
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Gleeson’s Puck is a malevolent hobgoblin who serves as the royal jester to King Auberon of Faerie.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
2 July 2024
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One of Trump’s longstanding bugbears has been America’s trade deficits with its neighbors and competitors including Canada, China, Mexico and the European Union.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
3 Apr. 2025
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Kuo also said the iPhone Fold, as it likely won’t be called, will address the biggest bugbear for folders: a too-visible crease in the internal display when it’s opened.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Others get their start in spring and plague the summer lawn.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2025
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That said, consumption changes continue to plague cable.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Ogre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogre. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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