Definitions for ogres

ogres o·gre

Spelling: [oh-ger]
IPA: /ˈoʊ gər/

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

You can make 66 anagrams from letters in ogres (egors).

Definitions for ogres

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 ogres

1705-15; French; perhaps ≪ Latin Orcus Orcus

Examples for ogres

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

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

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

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

Word Value for ogres
Scrable

5

Words with friends

6

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