Dictionary Entry
hobgoblin
hobgoblin is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 21 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow.
- 2noun
an object of dread or apprehension--Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Germany was always a bugbear for France"
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"
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- 3noun
(folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
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