English to Irish Meaning of hobgoblin - hobgoblin

Hobgoblin :

hobgoblin

noun

Hobgoblin :: hobgoblinHobgoblins :: hobgoblins

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Definitions of hobgoblin in English

Noun(1) (folklore(2) an object of dread or apprehension

Examples of hobgoblin in English

(1) In England the hobgoblin was as helpful a sprite as the brownie.(2) In a superb maneuver, Moore baits the hobgoblin into agreeing to go on a trip with him to personally verify the working conditions.(3) A romantic historical account, it told of a hobgoblin , the ugliest of his maligned kindred but valorous of heart, who fell in love with a beautiful princess of Ilnumin, one of the fallen cities of the moon elves of the Elven Age.(4) His creased brown skin throbbed with muscle, he was a hobgoblin , and failure was unacceptable in goblin society.(5) It is so lovely to view the sweet innocence of the ghouls and hobgoblins who visit our thresholds, calling out ├ö├ç├┐trick or treat├ö├ç├û, often accompanied by imaginative verse of their own making.(6) Though Mr McCallum does admit, and even provide evidence for, the existence of hobgoblins and faeries.(7) But I wasn't about to stand up to a rampaging bunch of hobgoblins anyway.(8) Gaffle turned round and stared at the oncoming horde of hobgoblins .(9) Imagination, then plays upon our fears when there is feeble light, making us see ghouls and hobgoblins in every shadow that moves.(10) In his childhood Martin was afraid of the dark, of ghosts and hobgoblins , and his fear of attack by the threatening unknown later came to surface in his art.(11) A group of hobgoblins emerged from behind him.(12) They danced around in masks scaring away all manors of demons and hobgoblins , and offered food for their dead's eternal rest.(13) It is a time when the very mention of witches, gnomes, hobgoblins and ogres is enough to conjure up a fantasy world populated with a multitude of such creatures.(14) By the time the hobgoblins and ghouls are out and about on the 31st it is rising less than four hours after sunset.(15) It was a time when witches did mischief while spiteful fairies and hobgoblins roamed about.(16) If people want to believe in tooth fairies, or leprechauns, or hobgoblins , or taniwha, or whatever, it is their right to do that.

(1) hobby horse ::

capall Caitheamh aimsire

Synonyms

Noun

1. goblin ::

goblin

2. bugbear ::

bugbear

3. hob ::

iarta

Different Forms

hobgoblin, hobgoblins

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