hobgoblin

hobgoblin has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow.
• n.. 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
• n.. (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings