ogres

noun

plural of ogre
1
as in monsters
a strange or horrible and often frightening creature a horror movie filled with ogres and demons of every description

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2
as in dreads
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 ogres People are turned into wolves, there are ogres and undead creatures of the sea who lure others to their demise. — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026 In recent weeks, social media users, especially on X, have been noticing increasing references to goblins, along with other fantasy creatures such as gremlins, ogres and trolls in ChatGPT’s answers to user queries. — Rob Wile, NBC news, 30 Apr. 2026 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
  1. monsters
  2. dreads
  3. demons
  4. terrors
  5. hobgoblins
  6. spirits
  7. enemies
  8. bugbears
Noun
  • Over the last two seasons of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the titular demigod (Walker Scobell) has faced off against a minotaur, sailed to the sea of monsters, been chased by Cerberus, and even magically transformed into a guinea pig.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 21 July 2026
  • With the franchise’s trademark blend of extreme gore and dark humor, the Evil Dead backstory centers on the ancient Book of the Dead that unleashes supernatural evil forces and twists victims into sadistic, shape-shifting, near-invincible monsters.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 21 July 2026
Definition of monsters
Noun
  • He's described by officials as a Black male in his late teens with a medium-large build and thick dreads.
    — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • Mirror images except for the fact that Jelani has his hair in dreads, while Ari goes with the more retro-look afro.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2026
Definition of dreads
Noun
  • And then there was Schmeichel, raised in a Copenhagen tower block, the son of a Polish jazz musician who battled his demons for years.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 27 July 2026
  • Alice, meanwhile, is wrestling with demons of her own, searching for solutions that feel impossible to reach within the bounds of what’s acceptable.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 July 2026
Definition of demons
Noun
  • The terrors of that horrible night, following one close on the other in reiterated shocks, had struck her down at last.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
  • Which iconic horrors will return to haunt the hallowed halls of 13 and what new terrors await?
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2026
Definition of terrors
Noun
  • In another fates-or-hobgoblins moment, a discombobulated Washington had started a war.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Definition of hobgoblins
Noun
  • The spirits Gu-cheon interacts with throughout the series were invisible on set.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Fatty Arbuckle’s Pub, established in 2003, is home to over 200 different whiskeys and fine spirits.
    — USA TODAY NETWORK, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Definition of spirits
Noun
  • The episode reveals the formidable powers available to a president to target his enemies.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • The ancient namesake ammunition detailed by researchers at Spain’s Autonomous University of Barcelona is only the latest example of Roman soldiers’ penchant for taunting their enemies from afar.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 July 2026
Definition of enemies
Noun
  • This has been one of its main bugbears for years, with several engine types experimented with.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The bugbears of this season — wasting promising chances (though Manchester United goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce deserves credit for many of those) and some vulnerability to counter-attacks — remained.
    — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of bugbears

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“Ogres.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogres. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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