Cruel person

The answer

OGRE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OGRE answer page.

Used 15 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• MEANIE (7 uses in xd)
• SADIST (5 uses in xd)
• BEAST (2 uses in xd)
• BRUTE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for OGRE

Every other clue in this collection answered by OGRE, most used first.

• Shrek, for one - used 244 times, most recently in 2026
• Monster - used 195 times, most recently in 2026
• Fairy tale monster - used 155 times, most recently in 2026
• Shrek, e.g. - used 138 times, most recently in 2026
• Fairy tale baddie - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
• Fairy tale villain - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
• Meanie - used 92 times, most recently in 2025
• Storybook monster - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Folklore fiend - used 62 times, most recently in 2024
• Folklore monster - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Fairy tale fiend - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Shrek is one - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Fairy tale meanie - used 51 times, most recently in 2025
• Brute - used 50 times, most recently in 2025
• Fairy tale beast - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Shrek or Fiona - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Bogeyman - used 41 times, most recently in 2023
• Villain - used 41 times, most recently in 2023
• Grimm beast - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Fairy tale brute - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Grimm character - used 29 times, most recently in 2018
• Grimm villain - used 28 times, most recently in 2022
• Fairy-tale heavy - used 27 times, most recently in 2022
• Fiend - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
• Storybook meanie - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Shrek, for example - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Beast - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• Big brute - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Storybook brute - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Folklore meanie - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
• Mythical monster - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Folklore brute - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Folklore villain - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Storybook baddie - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Giant. - used 16 times, most recently in 1971
• Blunderbore. - used 15 times, most recently in 1986
• Fairy tale character. - used 15 times, most recently in 2009
• Brutish sort - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Fairy tale meany - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
• Grimm baddie - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Mythical meanie - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Fairy tale menace - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Shrek or Fiona, e.g. - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Brute of folklore - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Fire-breathing boss - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Tyrant - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Cruel brute - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Cruel dude - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Dictatorial boss - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Mean one - used 11 times, most recently in 2010
• Nasty sort - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Barbarian - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Bugaboo - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
• Cruel fellow - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Cruel sort - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Fabled monster - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Fairy tale antagonist - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Fairy-tale creature - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Grim Grimm character - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Grimm figure - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• "Puss in Boots" villain - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Beastly sort - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Brutish boss - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Creature like Shrek - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Dungeons & Dragons monster - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Fairy-tale figure - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Fee-faw-fum. - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
• Fiend of folklore - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Fiona or Shrek - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Mean dude - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• "Puss in Boots" beast - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Shrek, for instance - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Shrek, notably - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Big meanie - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Cruel one - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Fairy tale bad guy - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Folklore beast - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Storybook heavy - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Bad guy - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Brutish one - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Bugbear - used 7 times, most recently in 2003
• Folklore figure. - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Grimm fiend - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Grimm heavy - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Hideous creature - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Horrible boss - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Man-eating monster - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Scary character - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Shrek's species - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Barbarous person - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Beastly character - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Beastly creature - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Bedtime story baddie - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Cruel character - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Dreaded person - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Frightful giant - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Grendel in "Beowulf," e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Grim Grimm guy - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Grimm creature - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Grimm fellow - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Hideous giant - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Man-eating giant - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Nasty brute - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• No Mr. Nice Guy - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Storybook villain - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Troll's kin - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Tyrannical sort - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• World of Warcraft beast - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Per person - EACH, used 135 times
• Person, place or thing - NOUN, used 111 times
• First person - ADAM, used 94 times
• Annoying person - PEST, used 93 times
• Hilarious person - RIOT, used 91 times
• Per person - APOP, used 76 times

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