{
  "ogre":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a hideous giant of fairy tales and folklore that feeds on human beings : monster":[],
      ": a dreaded person or object":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u014d-g\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "grotesque",
      "grotesquerie",
      "grotesquery",
      "monster",
      "monstrosity"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "The book portrays their father as an ogre who mistreated them.",
      "a horror movie filled with ogres and demons of every description",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "What kid hasn't daydreamed about a transformation of their ho-hum life, pining to see an ogre in the halls or a ghost in the bathroom? \u2014 A.a. Dowd, The Week , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Shrek Once upon a time, in a far away swamp, there lived an ogre named Shrek (Mike Myers) whose precious solitude is suddenly shattered by an invasion of annoying fairy tale characters. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Students from Glenbrook North and South High Schools will combine their talents to share the tale of a hermetic green ogre who is forced to venture into the world with surprising results. \u2014 Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Those include: Shrek \u2014 A mean lord exiles fairytale creatures to the swamp of a grumpy ogre , who must go on a quest and rescue a princess for the lord in order to get his land back. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "After Wayne's World, Myers starred in the Austin Powers trilogy and voiced ogre Shrek, which his kids only somewhat understand. \u2014 Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "For the Italian girls, the invisible power was political violence: Lila and Lenu interpret Don Achille, the neighborhood\u2019s fascist thug, as an ogre who eats children. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "The new group of characters on tap include a mosquito, a fairy, meerkat, frog prince, furry astronaut and a goofy green ogre . \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "There, Rand makes a new friend, an ogre \u2014 sorry, Ogier \u2014 named Loial. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 3 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, probably ultimately from Latin Orcus , god of the underworld":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1713, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211437"
  }
}