ogre
noun
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
ogrish
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a word derived from
ogre.
Example Sentences
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Give us a crusty, ogrish, hairy centre-half of a rumour any day.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 10, 2011
As usual, Signor Mussolini managed in his discourse to turn several familiar ideas inside out, disemboweling them with hearty, ogrish gust.
From Time Magazine Archive
Caleb's employer, Tackleton, in his large green cape and bull-headed looking mahogany tops, was then described as entering pretty much in the manner of what one might suppose to be that of an ogrish toy-merchant.
From Charles Dickens as a Reader by Charles Foster Kent
Then they told him that somewhere, a long way off, there dwelt three dreadful sisters, monstrous ogrish women, with golden wings and claws of brass, and with serpents growing on their heads instead of hair.
From The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
And after vague hop-o'-my-thumb wanderings, he had a disconnected memory of Hugh—a wild, rugged, ragged, bearded Hugh who caught him up fiercely as though he had an ogrish hunger for the feel of little boys.
From Snow-Blind by Katharine Newlin Burt
