Ogre
noun
A large, frightening monster in stories, often eating humans.
In the fairy tale, the ogre was turned into a mouse.
Often appears as...
- blue ogre
- giant ogre
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Literary
noun
A person who is seen as cruel, brutish, or monstrous.
He was an ogre in his management style, always demanding and never happy.
Often appears as...
- office ogre
- parental ogre
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Disapproving
noun
A large, frightening monster in stories, often eating humans.
In the fairy tale, the ogre was turned into a mouse.
Often appears as...
- blue ogre
- giant ogre
Usage tips
Literary
noun
A person who is seen as cruel, brutish, or monstrous.
He was an ogre in his management style, always demanding and never happy.
Often appears as...
- office ogre
- parental ogre
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Storybook Fear
In stories, ogres are often symbols of terror designed to scare characters and readers.
As the children entered the dark forest, they feared the ogre might be lurking nearby.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Evil
While typically menacing, some tales portray ogres in a more sympathetic or humorous light.
The ogre in the story surprised everyone with his kind heart.
Pro Tip 3/3Magical Beings
Ogres are often associated with magic, either possessing powers or being vulnerable to it.
The wizard cast a spell to subdue the ogre's strength.
Pro Tip 1/3Storybook Fear
In stories, ogres are often symbols of terror designed to scare characters and readers.
As the children entered the dark forest, they feared the ogre might be lurking nearby.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Evil
While typically menacing, some tales portray ogres in a more sympathetic or humorous light.
The ogre in the story surprised everyone with his kind heart.
Pro Tip 3/3Magical Beings
Ogres are often associated with magic, either possessing powers or being vulnerable to it.
The wizard cast a spell to subdue the ogre's strength.
Pro Tip 1/3Storybook Fear
In stories, ogres are often symbols of terror designed to scare characters and readers.
As the children entered the dark forest, they feared the ogre might be lurking nearby.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Evil
While typically menacing, some tales portray ogres in a more sympathetic or humorous light.
The ogre in the story surprised everyone with his kind heart.
Pro Tip 3/3Magical Beings
Ogres are often associated with magic, either possessing powers or being vulnerable to it.
The wizard cast a spell to subdue the ogre's strength.
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Safari Live - Day 320 PIPE...
get to see a cat so clearly up in a tree especially in green season so that's perfect we're this is seeping here all day I especially could have been seeping here all day like I said to you it was quite nice because why was it nice since all ogres was not to what you had to do
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The case against "good"...
It tastes like pillows of sparkles or old shoe and dung. No more of sounding good or bad. You sound like lilting baby laughter or ogres marching to war. Dear God, you do not look good or bad. You look like a feathery angel or a morose faun.
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Colin Grant: The son of...
before I had a chance to kill him. Up until our mother asked him to leave and not come back, Bageye had been a terrifying ogre.
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Big Brother Eviction...
before throwing it out of the nest noting the little ogre does alarms the foster parents even when their own eggs
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Safari Live - Day 320 PIPE...
get to see a cat so clearly up in a tree especially in green season so that's perfect we're this is seeping here all day I especially could have been seeping here all day like I said to you it was quite nice because why was it nice since all ogres was not to what you had to do
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The case against "good"...
It tastes like pillows of sparkles or old shoe and dung. No more of sounding good or bad. You sound like lilting baby laughter or ogres marching to war. Dear God, you do not look good or bad. You look like a feathery angel or a morose faun.
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Colin Grant: The son of...
before I had a chance to kill him. Up until our mother asked him to leave and not come back, Bageye had been a terrifying ogre.
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Big Brother Eviction...
before throwing it out of the nest noting the little ogre does alarms the foster parents even when their own eggs
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Quote examples
Whitney Cummings
American Comedian
I remember my agent at ICM at the beginning of my career telling me that I wasn't pretty enough, that I was always going to be a quirky sidekick. And he was an ogre of a man. He should have been carrying a torch. If he was in a bar, he couldn't have come near me, and then he was deciding my fate.
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Devin Townsend
Canadian Musician
I love people; don't get me wrong. Individually, I love that interaction between people, and I'm not an ogre or something; but huge crowds of people, huge groups of people who seemingly have endless access to you - as I get older, I'm not really into that.
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Jack Nicklaus
American Golfer
Sometimes, I'm an ogre. I can be short. I'll walk into the office some days and I've gotten up on the wrong side of the bed, and everybody knows it. I'm a perfectionist. I like to be organized, and I like to get everything done today.
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Tarana Burke
American Activist
Patriarchy doesn't just make men out to be ogres. Women buy into the patriarchy as well, and women make those comments as well, like, 'Boys will be boys.' Women have to undo that stuff, too.
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Mike Myers
Canadian Comedian
So they ended up turning this little twenty eight page book into the movie. And it's all about this stinky, smelly ogre who doesn't care what anybody thinks of him.
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Kate Forsyth
Australian Author
The ogres and witches and giants of fairytales stand in as metaphors for those obstacles that we all face in our own lives.
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John Garfield
American Actor
There was no convincing me that a stepmother could be anything but a wicked ogre, and I acted accordingly.
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Donald Sterling
American Businessman
What am I, a Frankenstein? What am I, some kind of an ogre? I'm a good person; I'm a warm person.
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April Bloomfield
British Chef
Food's delicate. You have to handle it with finesse. You can't just be a big ogre.
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Ted Knight
American Actor
There are ogres and black beasts out there; you have to be constantly on guard.
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Whitney Cummings
American Comedian
I remember my agent at ICM at the beginning of my career telling me that I wasn't pretty enough, that I was always going to be a quirky sidekick. And he was an ogre of a man. He should have been carrying a torch. If he was in a bar, he couldn't have come near me, and then he was deciding my fate.
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Devin Townsend
Canadian Musician
I love people; don't get me wrong. Individually, I love that interaction between people, and I'm not an ogre or something; but huge crowds of people, huge groups of people who seemingly have endless access to you - as I get older, I'm not really into that.
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Jack Nicklaus
American Golfer
Sometimes, I'm an ogre. I can be short. I'll walk into the office some days and I've gotten up on the wrong side of the bed, and everybody knows it. I'm a perfectionist. I like to be organized, and I like to get everything done today.
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Tarana Burke
American Activist
Patriarchy doesn't just make men out to be ogres. Women buy into the patriarchy as well, and women make those comments as well, like, 'Boys will be boys.' Women have to undo that stuff, too.
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Mike Myers
Canadian Comedian
So they ended up turning this little twenty eight page book into the movie. And it's all about this stinky, smelly ogre who doesn't care what anybody thinks of him.
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Kate Forsyth
Australian Author
The ogres and witches and giants of fairytales stand in as metaphors for those obstacles that we all face in our own lives.
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John Garfield
American Actor
There was no convincing me that a stepmother could be anything but a wicked ogre, and I acted accordingly.
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Donald Sterling
American Businessman
What am I, a Frankenstein? What am I, some kind of an ogre? I'm a good person; I'm a warm person.
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April Bloomfield
British Chef
Food's delicate. You have to handle it with finesse. You can't just be a big ogre.
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Ted Knight
American Actor
There are ogres and black beasts out there; you have to be constantly on guard.
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