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hobgoblinsnounpl. of hobgoblin an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powersin Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, Puck is a hobgoblin who plays pranks such as spoiling milk and tripping old ladies brownies, dwarfs(also dwarves), elves, faeries, fairies, fays, gnomes, goblins, gremlins, kobolds, leprechauns, pixies, pucks, sprites, trolls little peoplekelpies, nixieschangelingsimpsbanshees, ghouls, hags, ogres something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reasonthe fear of success and the pressures that come with it can be more of a hobgoblin than the possibility of failure bêtes noires, black beasts, bogeys(also bogies), bugaboos, bugbears, dreads, ogres apparitions, ghosts, phantasms(also fantasms), phantoms, poltergeists, shades, specters(or spectres), spirits, spooks, wraithsbanshees, bogeymen(also bogymen), demons(or daemons), devils, fiends, ghouls, imps, incubi(also incubuses)frights, horribles, horrors, monsters, monstrosities, terrorsbanes, curses, enemies, plagues, scourges, tormentsabominations, anathemas |