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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
Mike Myers walked into the AFI Life Achievement Award ceremony on Saturday night dressed in full Shrek costume — green makeup, ogre ears, the whole thing — and the internet lost its mind.
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Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 20 Apr. 2026
And few tributes captured that spirit quite like Myers — dressed head to toe as an ogre — standing before a room full of stars to tell the world just how much his co-star means to him.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
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.
—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
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Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 20 Apr. 2026
And few tributes captured that spirit quite like Myers — dressed head to toe as an ogre — standing before a room full of stars to tell the world just how much his co-star means to him.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogre
Noun
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For years, winning a major on the men’s side meant going through at least one tennis monster.—
Dan Zaksheske OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
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This is because the main enemies in this game look to be large chitinous alien monsters, which your titular Gundam can slice into tiny pieces.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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Brith, filled with a sudden dread, stands very still, watching it, and the dog, sensing something, emits a low growl.—
Maggie O’Farrell,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Her smile in the fantasy is one of relief and clarity, which cuts so hard after watching the dread pile up before Leslie notices her.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
1 June 2026
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LaBeouf’s campaign of terror ended when he was arrested for punching several people outside the Royal Street Inn & R Bar.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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The sheer terror of marathon training certainly kept me off cigarettes for a solid six months.—
Kimberly McCreight,
Time,
3 June 2026
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Because the Russian commanders keep attacking anyway, the Ukrainians are killing and wounding thousands of enemy soldiers, perhaps as many as 30,000, every month.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
7 June 2026
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Hunger and disease are always enemies that accompany war and sometimes can claim more lives than the fighting itself.—
William Lambers,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2026
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This has been one of its main bugbears for years, with several engine types experimented with.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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Timings, though, can often be a bugbear.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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As Rachel learns about the family curse that threatens her and her betrothed, Morrone digs in with emotional complexity and real grit.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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As Frankelda and Herneval grow closer, their bond becomes both a strength and a curse.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
28 May 2026
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The only danger was that theriac was thought to heat the body and thus could supposedly render an individual more susceptible to corruption by the plague.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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Declining enrollment and rising labor costs plague school districts across the Bay Area and California, but Contra Costa County schools’ financial problems long predate its current crises.—
East Bay Times editorial board,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
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“Ogre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogre. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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