Search Result for "ogre":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. a cruel wicked and inhuman person;
[syn: monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre]
2. (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ogre \O"gre\ ([=o]"g[~e]r), n. [F., fr. Sp. ogro, fr. L. Orcus the god of the infernal regions; also, the lower world, hell.] An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster. [1913 Webster] His schoolroom must have resembled an ogre's den. --Maccaulay. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "ogre": Argus, Briareus, Cerberus, Charybdis, Cyclops, Dracula, Echidna, Frankenstein, Gorgon, Harpy, Hydra, Loch Ness monster, Medusa, Minotaur, Pegasus, Python, Scylla, Sphinx, Talos, Typhon, Wolf-man, bogey, bogeyman, brute, bugaboo, bugbear, cad, centaur, chimera, cockatrice, demon, dragon, drake, fee-faw-fum, fiend, frightener, ghost, ghoul, giant, griffin, hippocampus, hobgoblin, holy terror, horror, incubus, man-eater, mermaid, merman, monster, nightmare, nixie, ogress, phantom, revenant, roc, sadist, salamander, satyr, scarebabe, scarecrow, scarer, scoundrel, sea horse, sea serpent, siren, specter, succubus, terror, troll, unicorn, vampire, villain, werewolf, windigo, xiphopagus, zombie
