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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.
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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
Their mother, Gryla, is a horned ogress who poses a double threat, putting naughty kids in a sack to eat later.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2017
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
Their mother, Gryla, is a horned ogress who poses a double threat, putting naughty kids in a sack to eat later.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogress
Noun
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The trailer certainly paints a trippy picture of a high-tech near-future that veers into nightmare territory, as so many games in the Black Ops franchise tend to do, slipping between missions in the real-world and a psychedelic dream-world filled with demons and other nightmares.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Months before, Stevens feared President Johnson was pursuing a Reconstruction program that would readmit Confederate states to the Union without them exorcising the demon that animated secession.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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What was once the final installment of the series, Shrek Forever After was released in 2010 and offered a new twist on the ogre's story.—
Jane LaCroix,
People.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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But the famous DreamWorks ogre almost had a very different voice, with Myers' fellow Saturday Night Live alum Chris Farley originally attached.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
18 May 2025
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The Rose Field begins where the second book, The Secret Commonwealth leaves off: Lyra alone in a city full of daemons, or physical projections of a person's soul, looking for Pantalaimon as her mentor, Malcolm Polstead, searches for her.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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The computer daemon operates in a similar manner, continuously working behind the scenes to keep processes going and to address service requests.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2024
Noun
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And Dot — well, Dot keeps an imp in an old wine bottle.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2025
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Combining animation and live action, the film continues the adventures of the magical imp Pumuckl.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2025
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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
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Your fame sits beside you like an incubus, and people are embarrassed and want to leave the room.—
Candace Bushnell,
Vogue,
23 Feb. 2025
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But just before all the banshee wailing threatens to overwhelm proceedings, along comes a hypnotic tribal beat which briefly turns the wake into a party.—
Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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Our ears are still ringing from watching fans become shrieking banshees upon realizing that one of her professional dancers was actually the NFL star.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
7 Dec. 2024
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Winifred, the protagonist of this Victorian-era grotesque, takes a position as a governess at an English manor.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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His early short films, such as Six Men Getting Sick (1967) and The Grandmother (1970), showcased his talent for blending the grotesque with the beautiful, setting the stage for his groundbreaking debut feature, Eraserhead (1977).—
Darryn King,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Here are the 10 actors who will be bringing the frights to Bates High.—
Jeremy Hanna,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
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Objects are often askew and out of frame, and everyday sounds like a toilet flush or blinds being pulled assume a low, staticky growl, as though frights fueled by childish imagination.—
Gayle Sequeira,
Vulture,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Ogress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogress. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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