Definitions for ogre

ogre o·gre

Spelling: [oh-ger]
IPA: /ˈoʊ gər/

Ogre is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 31 anagrams from letters in ogre (egor).

Definitions for ogre

noun

  1. a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
  2. a monstrously ugly, cruel, or barbarous person.

Origin of ogre

1705-15; French; perhaps ≪ Latin Orcus Orcus

Examples for ogre

And it was this ogre, this brigand, this scoundrel Macquart, whom Adelaide had chosen!

His countenance was that of an ogre on the shoulders of a Hercules.

The little boy and girl disappeared too; how, the ogre could not tell.

Suddenly he turned into an ogre, spread his wings and was about to fly.

All his old prejudices were reviving; it was as if he were going to some ogre's den.

When the new installment of Shrek opened this past weekend, audiences flocked for another fix of ogre and Donkey.

His demeanor won him the nickname “ogre of Avetrana” because of his dirty fingernails and soiled clothing.

"You will now see the other ogre," he said, and I pictured to myself the other ogre as charming as his partner.

The ogre, surprised, asked him who he was, and Panther told him his whole story.

Storm in sky and sea matches human passions and conflict; waves grind boulders “with ogre anger.”

Word Value for ogre
Scrable

5

Words with friends

6

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