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How to pronounce ogre in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms demon, devil, fiend, monster
Type of disagreeable person, unpleasant person
Has types demoniac
Type Words
Type of giant
Has types ogress

Examples of ogre

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The world's most beloved green ogre has been spreading that message since 1990.
From the denverpost.com
Really, you forget, here, the parable of the ogre throwing people into the river.
From the economist.com
And Kingsley makes the journey from ogre to charmer in his usual winning fashion.
From the orlandosentinel.com
They were sold at many stores displayed in huge cardboard cutout ogre displays.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Augustine, not the ogre, who inspired Wills to pursue a path to the priesthood.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The green ogre and his movie comrades have upended the cliches of fairy tales.
From the time.com
We thought you were an ogre, but you turned out to be the fairest person on earth.
From the guardian.co.uk
His mother, played by Mark McDonnell, is an ogre with a taste for human flesh.
From the guardian.co.uk
He first appeared as an unlikely ally to lovable ogre Shrek in 2004's Shrek 2.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Monster: a cruel wicked and inhuman person
  • (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
  • An ogre (feminine: ogress) is a large, cruel, monstrous and hideous humanoid monster, featured in mythology, folklore and fiction. Ogres are often depicted in fairy tales and folklore as feeding on human beings, and have appeared in many classic works of literature. ...
  • OGRE (Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine) is a scene-oriented, flexible 3D rendering engine (as opposed to a game engine) written in C++ designed to make it easier and intuitive for developers to produce applications utilizing hardware-accelerated 3D graphics. ...
  • Ogre is an American heavy metal band from Portland, Maine.
  • O.G.R.E. is the acronoym used by two fictional DC Comics organizations.
  • Ogre is a fictional character of the Marvel Comics Universe.
  • Ogre and the Ape appeared in Batman #535 as a pair of fictional characters from a Batman story-arc.
  • In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, ogres are a lesser race of giants, rather being simply large brutes with clubs. An aquatic subrace of ogres is known as "merrow." D&D ogres are also closely related to the race of ogre magi, a smarter race with blue skin and great magical abilities. ...