Hobgoblin

Quick meaning: Hobgoblin is a noun meaning A small, ugly goblin that makes trouble for humans.

Meaning

A small, ugly goblin that makes trouble for humans.

More Meanings

1. (figuratively, by extension) A source of dread, fear or apprehension; a bugbear.

Example Sentences

The monster goes unrecognized because he looks like a harmless, pudgy nobody rather than like a hobgoblin. But he reveals his hobgoblin nature through music.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.

However, the public seems to have been able to retain much of its sense of alarm about internal attacks even when the al-Qaeda hobgoblin doesn't actually carry any out.

The eyes blinked out and he heard a faint grunt, followed by the sounds of the Hobgoblin scrambling further back into the tunnel, away from the faint sunlight and the Ur'hunglav's domain.

Word Forms

• hobgoblins

Synonyms for hobgoblin

Depending on context, synonyms include goblin, hob.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include goblin, hob, ghoul, bogyman, bogy, spook.

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