as in fairy
an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers
dressed up the toddlers like goblins for Halloween
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Recent Examples of goblin
My dad’s Welsh and among my happiest memories of him are going through Brian Froud’s books about fairies, goblins and trolls.
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Alex Ritman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
That often means providing upgrades of low level monsters rather than just throwing more goblins at a problem.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
This unique mechanism is complemented by an oily liver which allows the goblin shark to float with near-neutral buoyancy.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
While recent albums from Dua Lipa, Grande and Lorde treated self-care and introspection as a kind of therapeutic salvation, Charli shifted hard into goblin mode, unfurling a litany of barely euphemistic drug references and proudly owning her messiest contradictions.
—Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Alex Ritman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
That often means providing upgrades of low level monsters rather than just throwing more goblins at a problem.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
This unique mechanism is complemented by an oily liver which allows the goblin shark to float with near-neutral buoyancy.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
While recent albums from Dua Lipa, Grande and Lorde treated self-care and introspection as a kind of therapeutic salvation, Charli shifted hard into goblin mode, unfurling a litany of barely euphemistic drug references and proudly owning her messiest contradictions.
—Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goblin
Noun
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Lung, 52, previously told Hong Kong local newspaper Ming Pao that the character was inspired by his childhood, which was filled with Nordic folk tales of elves, trolls and fairies.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
25 Apr. 2025
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Last August, Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen asked Blanchett, who played the elf Galadriel in all three films, if Lord of the Rings constituted her biggest payday.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Emperor tamarins are dwarf monkeys with whiskers that resemble a white moustache.—
Robert Higgs,
cleveland,
1 Feb. 2023
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The dwarf variety grows to be about 5 to 7 feet, ideal for a small garden or accent in a room with limited space.—
Bryce Jones,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Jan. 2023
Noun
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The Unseelie Court is the bastion of malevolent faeries who harm humans for their amusement or to exact revenge.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
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For instance, people used to hang iron on their doors at night to keep faeries and demons out of their homes (talismans) and a knock on the door in the middle of the night was to be ignored, for surely some evil spirit was lurking outside.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
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“Goblin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goblin. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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