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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogreish
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However sincere and dedicated Bianca Cline’s efforts are, there’s something grotesque about hiring a second cinematographer to attempt to reproduce Hutchins’s style, and something perverse about digitally pasting an actor’s face on another’s in order to maintain continuity.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
20 May 2025 -
It’s stylized, grotesque — and apparently, mother-repellent.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
11 May 2025
Adjective
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Anyone with an aversion to physical and mental torture will likely find Dangerous Animals a repulsive turnoff, but others with a taste for grisly violence should find something juicy to chomp on.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
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Now, Sully’s parents are played by human performers on large stilts, and his toddler sister is played by an actress in a repulsive, frightening mask.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
5 May 2025
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Garrett received a monstrous four-year, $160 million deal from the AFC North division rival Browns.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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According to one story, the boulders are there because the god Maui once tried to kill a monstrous chicken by throwing rocks from the sea on the island.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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But Eleanor has backed herself into an awful corner, and in some ways, so too has Johansson’s film, which is stuck trying to impart sage wisdom through the lens of a truly hideous (if well-meaning) lie.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
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There are no save-the-cat redemptions for a man who became famous for torturing, murdering and performing hideous experiments on countless Jews as part of a team of doctors overseeing medical services at Auschwitz-Birkenau.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2025
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But in a ceaseless offensive onslaught in the opening two innings on Saturday, things seemed to suddenly, profoundly and perhaps permanently change.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2025
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That in itself is a valuable tool for a defenseman: being able to skate the puck into the neutral zone and then make a clean first pass to get the offensive process started.—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
Adjective
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Committed health care workers, who by nature wish to first care and nurture those in need, find this especially repugnant.—
Roxey Nelson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2025
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The election results suggest that most Germans find these views, or the impulse to base a political party on them, repugnant.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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Castillo’s short novel is a giddy character study of an unpleasant young male type.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
2 June 2025
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To neutralize unpleasant smells, add a few pots of aromatic herbs, like rosemary and lavender.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2025
Adjective
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Looking up at the sky and seeing the moon turn red can be a frightful but also intriguing sight.—
Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
4 Mar. 2025
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After a serious heart issue – a 100% blockage in the widowmaker artery – and a frightful ambulance ride, Rogers started to take stock of his life.—
Oliver Brandt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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“Ogreish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogreish. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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