1. behaviors, characteristics, or actions typical of an ogre; cruel, brutish, or monstrous conduct
Usage: rare; literary

Examples

• The villain’s ogreisms made him feared throughout the kingdom.
• His ogreisms toward his employees created a hostile work environment.
• The fairy tale described various ogreisms committed by the giant.
• She couldn’t tolerate his ogreisms any longer and left.
• The book catalogued the ogreisms of historical tyrants.