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ogress
UK
/ˈəʊɡrɛs/
US
/ˈoʊɡrɛs/
Translations
ogresses
pl
UK
/ˈəʊɡrɛs/
US
/ˈoʊɡrɛs/
In the fairy tale, the brave knight had to rescue the princess from the clutches of the fearsome ogress.
Dans le conte, le brave chevalier devait sauver la princesse des griffes de la redoutable ogresse.
more ogress
Comp.
most ogress
Super.
UK
/ˈəʊɡrəs/
US
/ˈoʊɡrəs/
Used attributively before a noun to mean ‘relating to or characteristic of an ogress; monstrous or ogre-like’.
She fixed him with an ogress glare that made him shrink back.
Elle lui lança un regard ogresque qui le fit reculer.
Definitions
In the fairy tale, the brave knight had to rescue the princess from the clutches of the fearsome ogress.
The children feared their new babysitter, convinced she was an ogress who would lock them in the attic.
She fixed him with an ogress glare that made him shrink back.