ogre

noun

ˈō-gər How to pronounce ogre (audio)
Definition of ogrenext
1
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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2
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 Hitting theaters next summer, Shrek 5 sees Zendaya joining the voice cast that includes returnees Mike Myers as the titular misunderstood ogre, Murphy as his best pal Donkey and Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026 Farewell to the search for Prince Charming—the term takes its name from Shrek, the lovable ogre from children’s literature (and Dreamworks Animation). — Jessica Scemama, Vogue, 22 June 2026 Saturday Night Live‘s Marcello Hernández and Superman‘s Skyler Gisondo will voice the ogre couple’s sons, Fergus and Farkle. — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 16 June 2026 People are turned into wolves, there are ogres and undead creatures of the sea who lure others to their demise. — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for ogre
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogre
  1. monster
  2. dread
  3. terror
  4. enemy
  5. bugbear
  6. curse
  7. plague
Noun
  • Similarly, Zo — seen recently as the monster hunter in Na Hong-jin’s delirious sci-fi action epic, Hope — stays for most of the running time just the right side of smug entitlement.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Having created this monster, Hansen now has to feed it; going up against Lost, To Catch a Predator needs to best itself every week.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of monster
Noun
  • The mood would be a mix of confidence, desperation and nagging dread.
    — Austin Meek, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Instead, Sega and Creative Assembly have bet on pure atmosphere, dread that runs deeper thanks to more detailed graphics and audio, and of course, letting everyone know the Xenomorph's dynamic AI has evolved too.
    — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of dread
Noun
  • But times have changed since the days when Wasim and Waqar Younis struck terror into the hearts of opposition lineups with the ferocity of their bowling, or Javed Miandad and Inzamam-ul-Haq made hay with the bat.
    — James Wallace, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • State standards for high school world history classes also suggest discussing 9/11 and the war on terror.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of terror
Noun
  • They can be seen as the external expression of an aspect of America our true-believing enemies have learned to hate and fear.
    — Robert Stone, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Heath Ledger’s Joker is an enemy who doesn’t play by the rules, attacking the city with no clear political goal beyond creating panic and chaos.
    — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of enemy
Noun
  • Cuba’s communist regime has historically been a bugbear for the US, particularly for Republicans.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 19 July 2026
  • The heat and humidity during our test week brought me to my other bugbear with the C-HR.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 23 June 2026
Definition of bugbear
Noun
  • The generational curse in question involves the men who fall in love with the Owens women, who are destined to die untimely deaths.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
  • When their family's love curse pops up again, the siblings work with their aunts (Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest) and Sally's kids (Joey King and Maisie Williams) to break it once and for all.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of curse
Noun
  • Advertisement The plague also changed the terms on which the survivors lived.
    — JP Mangalindan, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The barren English countryside has been ravaged by a plague that killed half the population.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of plague

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