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as in monster
a strange or horrible and often frightening creature
a horror movie filled with ogres and demons of every description
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as in dread
something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason
the ogre of the standardized test keeps recurring
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Just like that, thanks to the power of a box-office-topping big green ogre, Frou Frou was back.
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Rachel Brodsky, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
More than 20 years later, Shrek is still fresh and funny, with impeccable voice acting by Mike Myers as the furious green ogre; Eddie Murphy as his motor-mouth companion Donkey; Cameron Diaz as a not-so-helpless damsel in distress; and John Lithgow as a diminutive dictator.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 20 July 2024
The big stars have already signed up again, according to the post – Mike Myers will voice the eponymous ogre, Cameron Diaz will return as Princess Fiona and Eddie Murphy will reprise his role as the irrepressible Donkey.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 10 July 2024
The first Shrek movie— based on William Steig’s picture book of the same name — arrived in May 2001, with Myers playing the titular ogre, Murphy his trusty friend Donkey, and Diaz as Princess Fiona.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2024
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Rachel Brodsky, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
More than 20 years later, Shrek is still fresh and funny, with impeccable voice acting by Mike Myers as the furious green ogre; Eddie Murphy as his motor-mouth companion Donkey; Cameron Diaz as a not-so-helpless damsel in distress; and John Lithgow as a diminutive dictator.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 20 July 2024
The big stars have already signed up again, according to the post – Mike Myers will voice the eponymous ogre, Cameron Diaz will return as Princess Fiona and Eddie Murphy will reprise his role as the irrepressible Donkey.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 10 July 2024
The first Shrek movie— based on William Steig’s picture book of the same name — arrived in May 2001, with Myers playing the titular ogre, Murphy his trusty friend Donkey, and Diaz as Princess Fiona.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2024
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“Ogre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogre. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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