ogre

1 a strange or horrible and often frightening creature a horror movie filled with ogres and demons of every description Synonyms grotesque, grotesquerie (also grotesquery), monstrosity, monsterRelated Words ogress; Frankenstein; bête noire, bogey (also bogie or bogy), bugaboo, bugbear; banshee, bogeyman (also bogyman), demon (or daemon), devil, fiend, fright, imp, incubus; horror, terror; abomination, anathema; abnormality, freak; mutant, mutation

2 something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason the ogre of the standardized test keeps recurring Synonyms bête noire, black beast, bugaboo, bugbear, dread, hobgoblin, bogeyRelated Words apparition, ghost, phantasm (also fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, specter (or spectre), spirit, spook, wraith; banshee, bogeyman (also bogyman), demon (or daemon), devil, fiend, ghoul, imp, incubus; fright, horrible, horror, monster, monstrosity, terror; bane, curse, enemy, plague, scourge, torment; abomination, anathema