hobgoblin

3 definitions found

hobgoblin - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hobgoblin \Hob"gob`lin\, n. [See 2d Hob, and Goblin.]
     A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly
     given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow. --Macaulay.
     [1913 Webster]

hobgoblin - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hobgoblin
      n 1: (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that
           makes trouble for human beings [syn: goblin, hob,
           hobgoblin]
      2: an object of dread or apprehension; "Germany was always a
         bugbear for France"; "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin
         of little minds"--Ralph Waldo Emerson [syn: bugbear,
         hobgoblin]

hobgoblin - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "hobgoblin":
     Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolf-man, bogey, bogeyman, bugaboo, bugbear,
     fee-faw-fum, frightener, ghost, ghoul, goblin, hob, holy terror,
     horror, incubus, monster, nightmare, ogre, ogress, ouphe, phantom,
     revenant, scarebabe, scarecrow, scarer, specter, succubus, terror,
     vampire, werewolf