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ogress

noun

Definition of ogress

as in demon

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Recent Examples of ogress In addition to the Icelandic ogress Grýla, the half-goat/half-demon Krampus (Kristofer Hivju) figures prominently in the story. — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 22 Nov. 2024 What exactly is going on with that large flock of crows, the suspicious villagers, the charming mayor and that secretive ogress? — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022 Or where love turns a princess into an ogress, or parents kick out their 7-year-old children with bad advice and curses. — Denise Coffey, courant.com, 1 Aug. 2019 And in Iceland, the Yule Lads who visit children in the run-up to Christmas are said to be the sons of the ogress Gryla, a character in Snorri Sturluson’s 13th-century Prose Edda. — Regina Hansen, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2018

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Noun

Or the fact that the Magician has recorded the group ritual through which the demon was transported into the little girl’s body on videotape.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Oh, and a seventh-circle’s worth of personal demons which, big break or not, show no signs of giving Green a rest.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of demon

Noun

Pay homage to a statue of the Egyptian god Horus, whose headdress recalls Natalie Portman’s Queen Amidala, and a Hopi katsina doll of an ogre with the same beak as Jar Jar Binks.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Ella is a young woman cursed to obey all instructions whose quest for self-determination also turns her into an advocate for the kingdom’s oppressed elves and ogres.

— Chris Bellamy, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of ogre

Noun

The Devil’s Museum, a satellite of the main collection, has amassed more than 3,000 depictions of demons, evil spirits and incubus from around the world.

— Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Your fame sits beside you like an incubus, and people are embarrassed and want to leave the room.

— Candace Bushnell, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2025

Definition of incubus

Noun

Moments later their fun turned into fright as the coyote continued attacking the child, even after Cardinal yelled at it.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2026
Halloween Horror Nights opened Thursday at the theme park where screams of excitement turned to screams of fright.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of fright

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What kind of direction was Cregger giving you during the monster fight at the end?

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026
Based on the popular Capcom video games, Resident Evil stars Austin Abrams as Bryan, an outmatched medical courier who becomes trapped in a monster outbreak in Raccoon City during a single night of chaos and has to try to survive.

— Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of monster

Noun

Three species of bats inhabit the site, and supernatural events—including the appearance of the gamekeeper’s ghost and the wail of a banshee—have been reported.

— Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2026
Weaving, even more than before, makes Grace an ingénue gone banshee.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026

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