- Types Of Speech
- You can use hobgoblin as a noun in a sentence.
- About Hobgoblin
- A 3 syllables noun and 9 letters with the letters b, g, h, i, l, n, and o, 6 consonants, 3 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter o. Hobgoblin starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters h, ho, hob, hobg, hobgo, and the ending characters are n, in, lin, blin, oblin, ..
- Definition
- 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
- Compound Words
- A compound word, hobgoblin has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are hob, and goblin.
- Pig Latin
- Hobgoblin in Pig Latin is said as "obgoblinhay or obgoblinhway".
- Unigram
- h | o | b | g | o | b | l | i | n
- Bigram
- ho | ob | bg | go | ob | bl | li | in
- Trigram
- hob | obg | bgo | gob | obl | bli | lin
- Quadrigram
- hobg | obgo | bgob | gobl | obli | blin
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- 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 - (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
Synonym | Definition |
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Abhorrence | hate coupled with disgust |
Abomination | an action that is vicious or vile an action that arouses disgust or abhorence "his treatment of the children is an abomination" |
Affliction | a cause of great suffering and distress |
Anathema | a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication |
Annoyance | the act of troubling or annoying someone |
Annoying | the act of troubling or annoying someone |
Apparition | an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stanger" |
Badgering | the act of harassing someone |
Bane | something causes misery or death "the bane of my life" |
Bedevilment | the act of harassing someone |
View all cognitive synonyms for Hobgoblin
Anagram | Definition |
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Hobgoblin | 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 |
View English words with the unique letters used in hobgoblin. Words With The Letters Bghilno
Word | Definition |
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Object | a tangible and visible entity an entity that can cast a shadow "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" |
Hobgoblin Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With H
- Ends With N
- Spelled With / Contains Letters