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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
But the famous DreamWorks ogre almost had a very different voice, with Myers' fellow Saturday Night Live alum Chris Farley originally attached.
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 18 May 2025
This greenish hue earned the fossil the nickname Fiona, like the ogre from Shrek.
—Discover Magazine, 13 May 2025
After all, gorillas are just strong animals, not ogres.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The 26-second teaser begins with Mike Myers’ beloved green ogre staring into a mirror with Eddie Murphy‘s Donkey.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 18 May 2025
This greenish hue earned the fossil the nickname Fiona, like the ogre from Shrek.
—Discover Magazine, 13 May 2025
After all, gorillas are just strong animals, not ogres.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The 26-second teaser begins with Mike Myers’ beloved green ogre staring into a mirror with Eddie Murphy‘s Donkey.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogre
Noun
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The enormous bones and monster jaws, the ridged backs and barbed tails.—
Clare Sestanovich,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
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Scott, in particular, is a perennial chart monster, with 2023’s Utopia debuting with nearly 500,000 units.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
13 July 2025
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Anyone who has broken in a pair of sandals knows the dread of a blister after a day of walking, but that’s not an issue with this pair.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
People.com,
16 July 2025
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As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
16 July 2025
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Sami Al-Arian, a former University of South Florida professor who is associated with the Gaza Tribunal, admitted to conspiring to aid the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group in 2006.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
12 July 2025
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Pearl, who is Jewish, has expressed his fervent support for Israel in the face of rising antisemitism in the U.S. since the Oct. 7 terror attacks in Israel.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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They are professedly based on hunches that the enemy will attack, occupy or conquer at some future time unless the enemy is obliterated.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
24 July 2025
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Synthetic data becomes a strategic blind spot by creating sameness, and sameness is the enemy of competitive advantage.—
Jēnna Reese,
Forbes.com,
23 July 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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Defense spending has been a thorny subject for NATO members for years, and a persistent bugbear for Trump.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
5 June 2025
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Under his leadership, Michigan had a robust Diversity, Equity and Inclusion program — a bugbear for Republicans — until announcing in March that it would be dismantled.—
Philissa Cramer,
Sun Sentinel,
4 June 2025
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Climate change, poverty, the savaged middle class, plagues and the rise of A.I. need to be faced now with far more vigor than when they were first realized back in my youth.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
16 July 2025
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What’s the difference between bubonic and pneumonic plague?—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
15 July 2025
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“Ogre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogre. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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