Definition of Ogre

1. Noun. A cruel wicked and inhuman person.

Exact synonyms: Demon, Devil, Fiend, Monster
Generic synonyms: Disagreeable Person, Unpleasant Person
Specialized synonyms: Demoniac
Derivative terms: Demonic, Demonize, Devilize, Diabolic, Diabolic, Monstrous

2. Noun. (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings.
Category relationships: Folklore
Generic synonyms: Giant
Specialized synonyms: Ogress

Definition of Ogre

1. n. An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster.

Definition of Ogre

1. Proper noun. A town in central Latvia ¹

2. Noun. (mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh. ¹

3. Noun. (figuratively) A brutish man whose behavior resembles that of the mythical ogre. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ogre

1. a monster [n -S] - See also: monster

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ogre

ogival
ogive
ogives
ogle
ogled
ogler
oglers
ogles
ogling
oglings
oglio
oglios
ogmic
ogonek
ogoneks
ogre (current term)
ogreish
ogreishly
ogreism
ogreisms
ogres
ogress
ogresses
ogrish
ogrishly
ogrism
ogrisms
ogry
oh-dark-thirty
oh-oh

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