ogresses

noun

plural of ogress
as in demons

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogresses
  1. demons
  2. ogres
  3. monsters
  4. devils
  5. banshees
  6. grotesques
  7. frights
  8. grotesqueries
Noun
  • In 1974 the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons first appeared, and later editions featured such character types as devils and demons.
    — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Other popular depictions of ghouls conflated them with monsters such as zombies and demons.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of demons
Noun
  • Of course ogres and adversaries can shift shapes over decades.
    — Scott Simon, NPR, 24 Oct. 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 ogres
Noun
  • In one of the many scary dream sequences David Naughton has while becoming a werewolf, his Jewish family back home is slaughtered by Nazi monsters.
    — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Other popular depictions of ghouls conflated them with monsters such as zombies and demons.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of monsters
Noun
  • In 1974 the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons first appeared, and later editions featured such character types as devils and demons.
    — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers have also documented the phenomenon in dogs, Tasmanian devils, and some kinds of clams and other shellfish.
    — Adam Cohen, Oklahoman, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of devils
Noun
  • His bronc riders look more like pietàs in mud; his barrel racers scream like banshees on horseback.
    — Casey Cep, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Definition of banshees
Noun
  • The grotesques were decorative stone faces around the castle.
    — Adam Fox, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • The script, by Ed Solomon, treats the Sklar siblings as cardboard grotesques—heartless, talentless, united in their loathing of a father who loathes them right back.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Definition of grotesques
Noun
  • And that’s where the frights, heightened by the intimacy of the van, come in.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • But not everyone wants to be up close and personal the with the IRL frights of a haunted house or spooky corn maze.
    — Ayesha Rascoe, NPR, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of frights
Noun
  • The anti-catalog exposed, after the fact of the Bicentennial, the grotesqueries of corporate beneficence and private boosters that had supplemented the government’s project.
    — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Neill Blomkamp has yet to top District 9, but this one comes closest to matching his debut’s wry social commentary and borderline-comedic grotesqueries.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of grotesqueries
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