Synonyms for ogreish
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : oh-ger |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ gər |
Top 10 synonyms for ogreish Other synonyms for the word ogreish
Définition of ogreish
Origin :- "man-eating giant," 1713, hogre (in a translation of a French version of the Arabian Nights), from French ogre, first used in Perrault's "Contes," 1697, and perhaps formed by him from Italian orco "demon, monster," from Latin Orcus "Hades," perhaps via an Italian dialect. In English, more literary than colloquial. The conjecture that it is from Byzantine Ogur "Hungarian" or some other version of that people's name (perhaps via confusion with the bloodthirsty Huns), lacks historical evidence. Related: Ogrish; ogrishness.
- adj fiendish
- And they did not dare hide because of that ogreish creature's brood.
- Extract from : « The Forgotten Planet » by Murray Leinster
- He chuckled gleefully, and rested his ogreish head in the palms of his skeleton-like hands, his elbows on the table.
- Extract from : « The Courage of Captain Plum » by James Oliver Curwood
- Grandmama was beating time with her hand on the arm of her chair to the merry music-hall tune and the ogreish words.
- Extract from : « Dangerous Ages » by Rose Macaulay
- But she herself still beat time to the merry music-hall tune and the ogreish words.
- Extract from : « Dangerous Ages » by Rose Macaulay
- No sooner had their uproar died away than an angry and ogreish voice broke out from the hut.
- Extract from : « The Three Mulla-mulgars » by Walter De La Mare
- There is an ogreish kind of jocularity in Grandfather Smallweed to-day.
- Extract from : « Bleak House » by Charles Dickens
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