noun · rare

ogre

ogre · ogres

огр

чудовище, зверь, скот, скотина

Monster, Ungeheuer, Oger, Unmensch

A large, grotesque, brutish humanoid monster, typically marked by great strength and a…A large, grotesque, brutish humanoid monster, typically marked by great strength and a propensity to kill or devour humans.

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UK/ˈəʊ.ɡə/US/ˈoʊ.ɡɚ/

» You look like an ogre.

Meaning

2 senses

A large, grotesque, brutish humanoid monster, typically marked by great strength and a propensity to kill or devour humans.
Oger, Menschenfresser, Unmensch
велика́н-людое́дvelikán-ljudojéd, людое́дljudojéd, огрogr
огрohr
(figuratively)A cruel person.
People are going to think I'm an ogre if I refuse to buy coffee for my little brother!
a cruel wicked and inhuman person

Examples

27 sentences

You look like an ogre.
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Has anyone ever faced an ogre?
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A lizard has confronted the ogre.
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An ogre tried to eat Tom.
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The ogre brandished a crude cudgel.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

brutish giant:

Русский

By meaning 2

brutish giant:

brutish man:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

brutish giant:

brutish man:

large beast:

Origin

First attested in the 18th century, borrowed from French ogre, from Latin Orcus (“god of t

First attested in the 18th century, borrowed from French ogre, from Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), from Ancient Greek Ὅρκος (Hórkos), the personified demon of oaths (ὅρκος (hórkos, “oath”)) who inflicts punishment upon oath-breakers. Doublet of orc and Orcus.

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