Scrooge was the Ogre of the family. The mention of his name cast a dark shadow on the party, which was not dispelled for full five minutes.
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Ogre
//ˈəʊ.ɡə//
Synonyms for "ogre" (84 found)
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88 translations across 47 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- غَشِيم noun (brutish man)
- غُول noun (brutish giant)
Asturian
1 entries- ogru noun (brutish giant)
Basque
1 entries- ogro noun (brutish giant)
Bulgarian
1 entries- великан човекоядец noun (brutish giant)
Burmese
1 entries- ဘီလူး noun (brutish giant)
Catalan
1 entries- ogre noun (brutish giant)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 怪物 noun (large beast)
- 食人魔 noun (brutish giant)
Czech
2 entries- obr lidožrout noun (brutish giant)
- zlobr noun (brutish giant)
Dutch
3 entries- boeman noun (brutish man)
- oger noun (brutish giant)
- ondier noun (large beast)
Esperanto
1 entries- ogro noun (brutish giant)
Estonian
1 entries- Ogre name (city in Latvia)
Finnish
4 entries- hirviö noun (large beast)
- jätti noun (brutish giant)
- jättiläinen noun (brutish giant)
- raakalainen noun (brutish man)
French
1 entries- ogre noun (brutish giant)
Galician
4 entries- coco noun (brutish giant)
- orco noun (brutish giant)
- papón noun (brutish giant)
- urco noun (brutish giant)
German
4 entries- Oger name (city in Latvia)
- Brutalo noun (brutish man)
- Menschenfresser noun (brutish giant)
- Monster noun (large beast)
Greek
1 entries- δράκοντας noun (brutish giant)
Hebrew
2 entries- אוֹגֵר noun (brutish giant)
- מפלצת noun (brutish giant)
Hungarian
1 entries- ogre noun (brutish giant)
Ido
1 entries- ogro noun (brutish giant)
Indonesian
1 entries- buto noun (brutish giant)
Italian
1 entries- orco noun (brutish giant)
Japanese
2 entries- オーガ noun (brutish giant)
- 鬼 noun (brutish giant)
Kikuyu
1 entries- irimũ noun (brutish giant)
Korean
2 entries- 오거 noun (brutish giant)
- 오거 noun (large beast)
Latvian
2 entries- Ogre name (city in Latvia)
- cilvēkēdājs noun (brutish giant)
Lithuanian
1 entries- Uogrė name (city in Latvia)
Luhya
1 entries- okundu noun (brutish giant)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഓഗർ noun (brutish giant)
Marathi
3 entries- दानव noun (brutish giant)
- राक्षस noun (brutish giant)
- राक्षस noun (brutish man)
Mòcheno
1 entries- ork noun (brutish giant)
Māori
1 entries- kākarepō noun (brutish giant)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- dzimku noun (brutish giant)
Ojibwe
1 entries- wiindigoo (wiindigoo) noun (brutish giant)
Oromo
1 entries- bulguu noun (brutish giant)
Persian
2 entries- غول noun (brutish giant)
- غول پیکر noun (brutish giant)
Polish
1 entries- ogr noun (brutish giant)
Portuguese
3 entries- brutamontes noun (brutish man)
- ogre noun (brutish giant)
- ogro noun (brutish giant)
Romanian
1 entries- căpcăun noun (brutish giant)
Russian
4 entries- Огре name (city in Latvia)
- велика́н-людое́д noun (brutish giant)
- зверь noun (brutish man)
- и́зверг noun (brutish man)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- ogrezlo noun (brutish giant)
Shan
1 entries- ၽီလူး noun (brutish giant)
Spanish
1 entries- ogro noun (brutish giant)
Swahili
1 entries- pandikizi la mtu noun (brutish giant)
Swedish
4 entries- best noun (brutish man)
- best noun (large beast)
- jätte noun (brutish giant)
- odjur noun (large beast)
Thai
1 entries- ผีปอบ noun (brutish giant)
Turkish
1 entries- yamyam noun (brutish giant)
Ukrainian
2 entries- Огре name (city in Latvia)
- огр noun (brutish giant)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
This man is no uncle of ours, but an ogre.
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I'm not the ogre you think I am.
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Has anyone ever faced an ogre?
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