ogres

plural of ogre

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Recent Examples of ogres Shrek and Fiona are now both full-time ogres, but Fiona’s parents (John Cleese and Julie Andrews) aren’t too thrilled, as a particularly tense family dinner scene makes clear. Skyler Trepel September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogres
Noun
  • And the blocks are divided into themes of monsters, humanity and imagination.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Four years later, when Pop Mart began selling Labubus on key rings, the toothy monsters began to be seen everywhere — and the phenomenon really has taken off lately.
    Fortune, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Other introspective angles are explored during Mariano’s audiences with his friend the Pope (Rufin Doh Zeyenouin), a serene Black man with a head crowned by a bundle of silver dreads, who tools around the Vatican on a motorbike.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But behind this battle royale lies a deadly conspiracy that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past.
    Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Having been beaten by Iga Świątek in a historically dominant fashion in the Wimbledon final, Anisimova banished some of those demons by beating the Polish star in the quarterfinals to advance to the final four.
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The violence, however, is nothing compared to the overall creature effects with the show’s new cast of extraterrestrial terrors.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Less accomplished drivers experiencing one of Renault’s tiny terrors (nearly a foot shorter than the original Mazda Miata) for the first time will be delighted, but soon realize that the car’s close-ratio gearbox demands that the engine be revved, and turbo lag comes along for every ride.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But the new film, set in 1986, finds the Warrens dealing with a bunch of personal matters, as well as a Pennsylvania family haunted by a mirror cursed with malevolent spirits.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Founded in London in 1969, the IWSC is renowned for its rigorous blind tastings and expert judging panels, which annually evaluate thousands of entries across all major spirits categories.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Dealing with internal conflicts of identity while being threatened by external enemies is not unique to Israel.
    Ron Scherf, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In the scope of housework, hard water stains are high on the list of public enemies in my home.
    Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Ogres.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogres. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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