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as in monster
a strange or horrible and often frightening creature
a horror movie filled with ogres and demons of every description
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as in dread
something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason
the ogre of the standardized test keeps recurring
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Recent Examples of ogre
The researchers named the fossil Fiona after the ogre in Shrek, because its bones briefly turned green from a reaction to the glue used to protect them, reports Kenneth Chang at the New York Times.
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Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2025
Common fantasy races such as trolls, dwarfs, elves and ogres were originally inspired by the folktales of Europe (and are usually far removed from their original forms), but orcs are an original creation from Tolkien.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Another, Dark Universe, is home to classic ogres like Frankenstein’s monster.
—Todd Anderson, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
In rag-tag combos of color and print, a Gen Z ogre would love their pleated skirts with perforated belts, as well as the fun and functional carabiners studded with butterfly motifs and acid-colored charms.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2025
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Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2025
Common fantasy races such as trolls, dwarfs, elves and ogres were originally inspired by the folktales of Europe (and are usually far removed from their original forms), but orcs are an original creation from Tolkien.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Another, Dark Universe, is home to classic ogres like Frankenstein’s monster.
—Todd Anderson, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
In rag-tag combos of color and print, a Gen Z ogre would love their pleated skirts with perforated belts, as well as the fun and functional carabiners studded with butterfly motifs and acid-colored charms.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogre
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This quiz invites you to explore the darker corners of sci-fi literature, where monsters lurk not just in shadows, but in laboratories, alien worlds and post-apocalyptic wastelands.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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As a smooth fixer for a tertiary monster who has maybe three lines, Morgan Spector is both chilling and thoroughly pointless.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Sep. 2025
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Dixon looks ahead with a mix of optimism and dread.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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The assassination of Charlie Kirk has united the parties in a sense of dread that the country has arrived at a dangerous place.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
13 Sep. 2025
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Swift canceled three shows in Vienna, Austria, while on the European leg of the Eras Tour in August 2024 after authorities discovered a planned terror attack targeting her concerts.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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Maduro is the head of the Cartel de los Soles, a narco-terror organization which has taken possession of a country.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
20 Sep. 2025
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The president of the United States is now employing the full power of the federal government, the FCC, the Department of Justice, in order to punish, lock up, take down off the air all of his political enemies.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Sep. 2025
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In various ways, Miller emphasized that Kirk’s enemies don’t know what is coming.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
21 Sep. 2025
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But there’s one old-school hobgoblin that’s lurking around the edges of this narrative, omnipresent, repeated across a number of notable new titles, but still somehow avoiding the limelight: the witch.—
Payton McCarty-Simas,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Aug. 2025
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Sailing teaches us that being an honorable competitor is more important than being a top competitor because while every race is there to lose, luck is the omnipresent hobgoblin.—
Conor Mastromarco,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Nov. 2024
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This was a bugbear most prominently highlighted in the case of the U.S. naval surveillance activities in Chinese EEZ in particular.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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Defense spending has been a thorny subject for NATO members for years, and a persistent bugbear for Trump.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
5 June 2025
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The answer was equally basic at first, eliminate costly reconciliations and duplicative ledgers that plague capital markets.—
Christer Holloman,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Then a plague hits the household.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Ogre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogre. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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