Found 2 items, similar to hobgoblin.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: hobgoblin hobgoblin n 1: (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings [syn: goblin, hob] 2: 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 [syn: bugbear]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hobgoblin Hobgoblin \Hob"gob`lin\, n. [See 2d Hob, and Goblin.] A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]