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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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It was emptied of us and, therefore, full of dunes and demons, bogs and bleeding trees.—
Devon Walker-Figueroa,
The New York Review of Books,
3 July 2025
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Things become messy when a popular rival boy band – The Saja Boys – are revealed to be demons.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
Noun
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Another, Dark Universe, is home to classic ogres like Frankenstein’s monster.—
Todd Anderson,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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In rag-tag combos of color and print, a Gen Z ogre would love their pleated skirts with perforated belts, as well as the fun and functional carabiners studded with butterfly motifs and acid-colored charms.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Aeacus, a judge of the dead, and Thanatos, winged daemon of death, are chthonic.—
Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 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
Noun
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The mushroom’s healing properties also lead to hallucinations, often involving mysterious white imps, who should be adorable and instead come across as menacing little ghouls.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2025
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And Dot — well, Dot keeps an imp in an old wine bottle.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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In each episode, a young girl traveling with her musician mother encounters mysterious entities, including sirens, banshees, werewolves and more.—
Keith Langston,
People.com,
6 July 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
Noun
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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
Noun
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Well, consider that, unlike what’s happening in the world at large, the frights and delights inside Viola’s Room are actually fun.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
26 June 2025
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Ah well, Cesare already has two sequel novels published, so there’s already plenty more Frendo the Clown frights ready to be harvested.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
9 May 2025
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“Ogress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogress. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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