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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogreish
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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,
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Removing their dark veils, the two expose their grotesque faces, their exaggerated makeup cracked, peeling and flaking off in chunks.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Joe, who has previously enjoyed shoving corpses through a meat grinder, finds this repulsive.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
25 Apr. 2025
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Throughout Russian history, Ivan the Terrible – who among his other crimes murdered his eldest son and had the head of Russian Orthodox Church strangled for dissent – was remembered as a repulsive tyrant.—
Dina Khapaeva,
The Conversation,
22 Apr. 2025
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However, a small telescope will be needed to resolve the galaxy's bright core, which is suspected to play host to a monstrous singularity 15 times the mass of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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It was published in 1969 and was a monstrous hit, spending 67 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List and selling over 9 million copies in two years.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
26 Apr. 2025
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PreSonus has also added something called a soft start circuit that stops the speakers from making the hideous thumping sound that some speakers can produce when they are turned on or off.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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It must be emphasized that these companies are not just enabling hideous criminal activity, but directly profiting from it.—
Aaron Ping,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2025
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One night after making a move to shore up their offensive line, the Kansas City Chiefs turned their attention to the other side of the ball and drafted Tennessee defensive tackle Omarr Norman-Lott with the 31st pick of the second round Friday night.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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The interior offensive line was a massive need for the Dolphins, and Savaiinaea has the potential to be an elite guard.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Apr. 2025
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Most people would find a neighbor who purposefully starves and tortures their dogs morally repugnant.—
Jen Cole Wright,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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The reported accession of Geier isn’t the only indication of how the department, whose programs were until recently celebrated as the gold standard of government science, has become a haven of a repugnant anti-science mythmaking and a threat to public health.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2025
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Doing so consumes water, requires the use of often eco-unfriendly cleansers, and adds an unpleasant task to janitors' daily duties.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
25 Apr. 2025
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But that’s another unpleasant truth that is best left unspoken.—
The Editors,
National Review,
24 Apr. 2025
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Moments after the game begins, a frightful hurricane takes young Hazel Flood’s home.—
Harold Goldberg,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Needless to say, those of us who remember 1987 are trembling, and were expecting a frightful jobs report.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Ogreish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogreish. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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