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hobgoblin
Synonyms and Antonyms of hobgoblin
- in Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, Puck is a hobgoblin who plays pranks such as spoiling milk and tripping old ladies
- the fear of success and the pressures that come with it can be more of a hobgoblin than the possibility of failure
bête noire, black beast, bogey (also bogie), bugaboo, bugbear, dread, ogre
apparition, ghost, phantasm (also fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, specter (or spectre), spirit, spook, wraith
banshee, bogeyman (also bogyman), demon (or daemon), devil, fiend, ghoul, imp, incubus
fright, horrible, horror, monster, monstrosity, terror
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