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OGRE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("ogre" is a kind of...):

giant (an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales)

Domain category:

folklore (the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ogre"):

ogress ((folklore) a female ogre)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A cruel wicked and inhuman person

Synonyms:

demon; devil; fiend; monster; ogre

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("ogre" is a kind of...):

disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ogre"):

demoniac (someone who acts as if possessed by a demon)

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