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Meanings of ogre in English

Portuguese
ogro
Catalan
fera
Spanish
diablo

A cruel wicked and inhuman person.

ogro
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Examples for "devil"
Examples for "devil"
1
Inwardly in the former is the devil, in the latter the Lord.
Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence
2
And Mr. Wesley also believed in the actual existence of the devil.
Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I / Including His Answe...
3
Belief in the devil is the reverse side of faith in God.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
4
The devil saw it; and entered into the heart of Thomas Thurnall.
Two Years Ago, Volume I
5
When the devil was gone and the man spoke; the people wondered.
The Gospel of Luke for Readers
1
It was quite possible that the monster's lair was hidden deep within.
Servant of a dark god
2
The nation murmured; the boldest joined together, and killed the princely monster.
The Works of Frederick Schiller
3
When you create a monster you have a responsibility to control it.
The Irish Times
4
She had crushed the Destroyer; the world was free of its monster.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 / A Magazin...
5
The monster cast up the ship on the shore of the sea.
Moorish Literature / Comprising Romantic Ballads, Tales of the B...
1
The malicious demon concealed in the ink bottle delights in wrecking love.
The Spinster Book
2
It turns man into an animal; it makes him the demon incarnate.
The Canadian Elocutionist / Designed for the Use of Colleges, Sc...
3
Yet in the society of this person the demon troubled me not.
Zanoni
4
There was no such thing as halting the demon in the car.
The Furnace of Gold
5
The ghoul or fiend of modern society is the demon of alcohol.
Alvira: The Heroine of Vesuvius
1
Do you have anything prepared for this fiend? Pentathiyea wanted to know.
The Scarlet Gospels
2
The laugh of the fiend, for the moment, was in his mouth.
The War Terror
3
Perhaps not, but even a fiend must be subject to fatigue toxins.
Carrion comfort
4
The ghoul or fiend of modern society is the demon of alcohol.
Alvira: The Heroine of Vesuvius
5
He succeeded in killing the red fiend but got badly used up.
Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Las...
Usage of ogre in English
1
The Priest-General said it would be weeks before the ogre ships arrived.
Secret of the Dragon
2
Skylan was astonished, therefore, to see the ogre godlord come after him.
Bones of the Dragon
3
Skylan asked the ogre's spirit to forgive him for the rough treatment.
Rage of the Dragon
4
The ogre said, You won all that I have fair and square.
Rite of Passage
5
At last the fox came to the castle of the ogre himself.
The Crimson Fairy Book
6
The political boss is not the unscrupulous ogre that the muck-rakers picture.
The Man in Court
7
That's the way your dear departed granny roars, not a full-grown ogre.
Shadow prowler
8
It allowed him to enjoy them without having to play the ogre.
Crossings
9
When the ogre came home, the wife hid Jack in the copper.
Favorite Fairy Tales
10
You are going to buy us safe passage through the ogre fleet.
Secret of the Dragon
11
In which 1992 sequel will you encounter current presidential ogre Donald Trump?
The Irish Times
12
Looking up, he saw an ogre holding a trident and peering down.
Bones of the Dragon
13
Startled, Shard looked up, just realizing she was within the ogre's reach.
The iron king
14
What did Morgan look like, William wondered: an ogre in his den?
New york: the novel
15
Why he would eat them for his breakfast; he's a regular ogre.
Mauprat
16
If such a pale-eyed ogre existed, it had no interest in us.
Relentless
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