ogreish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogreish
Adjective
  • What’s grotesque here is not how Bill Belichick is working the system.
    Luke DeCock, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2025
  • There’s at least one major shoe that could drop — why devote an entire episode to the Gemstone origin story if that gold Bible isn’t going to pay off somehow? — but The Righteous Gemstones loves these grotesque, dysfunctional louts.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Anyone with an aversion to physical and mental torture will likely find Dangerous Animals a repulsive turnoff, but others with a taste for grisly violence should find something juicy to chomp on.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
  • Now, Sully’s parents are played by human performers on large stilts, and his toddler sister is played by an actress in a repulsive, frightening mask.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 5 May 2025
Adjective
  • Garrett received a monstrous four-year, $160 million deal from the AFC North division rival Browns.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
  • As the drink begins to erase his identity, his ex-girlfriend Elyse uncovers Symbio’s grotesque secret: a monstrous Mother at the heart of the company, churning out obedient clones.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • At dinnertime, the restaurant is busy, but not slammed; the crowd seems to be largely made up of people with beautiful hair and compellingly hideous shoes.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Within the span of a few days, an innocuous speck can turn a loaf of bread from prime sandwich material into a hideous mass of blue-green fuzz—an appetite-killing sight if ever there was one.
    Caroline Tien, SELF, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • Brown was a lethal offensive threat in the Gladiators’ commanding 18-7 state semifinal win over Kent Island.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2025
  • Indiana Season series: New York, 2-1 New York Knicks The Knicks’ offensive plan is simple enough.
    Jack Magruder, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • The election results suggest that most Germans find these views, or the impulse to base a political party on them, repugnant.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 13 May 2025
  • Lacking the pop cultural connection of Vox Lux, The Brutalist’s pomposity becomes unrelatable, if not repugnant.
    Armond White, National Review, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Best Smelling Photograph: Kristin Canning Grand Tongo Green Tea + Mint Insect Repellent $15 Amazon After testing nearly 20 different bug sprays (that pretty much all smelled at least a little unpleasant and chemical-y), this picaridin spray from Grand Tongo truly blew me away.
    Kristin Canning, Wired News, 21 May 2025
  • Today after dropping off groceries, my wife noted that the refrigerator, in her opinion, had an unpleasant odor.
    Eric Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • After a serious heart issue – a 100% blockage in the widowmaker artery – and a frightful ambulance ride, Rogers started to take stock of his life.
    Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
  • Give a listen to a tale well told, get your home ready for spring, have a frightful weekend, pick up a free comic book or celebrate in character a galaxy far, far away.
    John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2025
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“Ogreish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogreish. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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