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ogress
UK
/ˈəʊɡrɛs/
US
/ˈoʊɡrɛs/
ogresses
pl
UK
/ˈəʊɡrɛs/
US
/ˈoʊɡrɛs/
Translations
The ogress lived in a dark cave in the mountains.
Людоедка жила в тёмной пещере в горах.
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.
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’.
Definitions
She fixed him with an ogress glare that made him shrink back.