What does goblinish mean?
Goblinish means Resembling or characteristic of a goblin..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a goblin..
[…] the castellated towers of laurel in the middle of the garden, the gigantic warrior that stood on one side of the gateway, and the lion that guarded the other, were sprouted into such fantastic shapes as resembled nothing either in heaven or earth, or in the waters under the earth; but, to my young imagination, they presented all of them a goblinish appearance, that harmonized well with the ghostly legions and dark traditions our old nurse had told us respecting the haunted hall and its departed occupants.
[…] the phrase ‘grotesque’ is a misleading description of ugliness in art. It does not follow that either the Chinese dragons or the Gothic gargoyles or the goblinish old women of Rembrandt were in the least intended to be comic.
Use goblinish when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Goblinish means Resembling or characteristic of a goblin..
Common synonyms include goblinesque, goblinlike.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] the castellated towers of laurel in the middle of the garden, the gigantic warrior that stood on one side of the gateway, and the lion that guarded the other, were sprouted into such fantastic shapes as resembled nothing either in heaven or earth, or in the waters under the earth; but, to my young imagination, they presented all of them a goblinish appearance, that harmonized well with the ghostly legions and dark traditions our old nurse had told us respecting the haunted hall and its departed occupants.
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