ogre
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1. (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | giant, |
| definition | : | an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | ogress, |
| definition | : | (folklore) a female ogre (noun.person) |
| domain category | : | folklore, |
| definition | : | the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture (noun.cognition) |
2. a cruel wicked and inhuman person (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | disagreeable person, unpleasant person, |
| definition | : | a person who is not pleasant or agreeable (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | demoniac, |
| definition | : | someone who acts as if possessed by a demon (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | atrocious, flagitious, grievous, monstrous, |
| definition | : | shockingly brutal or cruel (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelean, mephistophelian, |
| definition | : | showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | atrocious, flagitious, grievous, monstrous, |
| definition | : | shockingly brutal or cruel (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelean, mephistophelian, |
| definition | : | showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil (adj.all) |
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