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ogress
1[oh-gris]
noun
a female monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
a monstrously ugly, cruel, or barbarous woman.
ogress
2[oh-gris]
noun
a roundel sable.
Gender Note
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ogress2
Example Sentences
Slapu, a 9-foot-tall ogress with long claws and sharp teeth, has one child in her basket, another in one hand — and the other is grasping for you.
The ogress and the orphans do the ridding, with cleareyed ingenuity.
The lace is sometimes vicious, the blood sometimes dainty, but everything is always graceful and pretty — even an ogress fantasizing about eating people is actually dreaming of marzipan and butter.
The ogress had already closed half the distance to the bush.
No, she had never been the ogress he had thought her a year ago.
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When To Use
An ogress is a female ogre—a fictional creature usually represented as a mean, ugly humanlike monster or giant who eats people.The word ogress is not commonly used, especially since the word ogre can be used regardless of gender.Ogres and ogresses have traditionally appeared in fairy tales and legends, but they’re also depicted in modern media, such as fantasy video games and the series of movies starring the character Shrek, who happens to be a friendly ogre. Spoiler alert: the character Fiona turns out to be an ogress.The words ogre and ogress are sometimes used in a figurative way as an insult referring to a person who’s cruel, monstrous, ugly, or brutish—or (especially) a combination of these characteristics, as in The boss at my last job was a complete ogress—she had a terrible temper and delighted in harassing and firing people. Such a person can be described with the adjective ogreish (or ogrish).In heraldry, the word ogress refers to a black circle.Example: At the end of this level, you have to battle a huge ogress who’s trying to eat you alive.
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