goblin Definition
gob·lin (gäb′lin)
noun
Folklore an evil or mischievous spirit, often represented in pictures as humanlike and ugly or misshapen in form
Etymology: ME gobelin < OFr < ML gobelinus < VL *cobalus < Gr kobalos, sprite
goblin Synonyms
goblin Usage Examples
Converse of object
- see: Stricken with terror, Ivor thought he could see goblins and hobgoblins grinning wherever his lantern light flashed.
- summon: This spell is the same as summon goblin but the troll created inflicts and is destroyed by three points of damage rather than one.
- keep: This is possibly because, as a Shinto nation, the Japanese still implicitly keep goblins and house spirits with them.
Converse of subject
inhabit: Somehow, we've gotten lost in a forest inhabited by goblins, spooky tho not actually menacing.
Adjective modifier
- little: And, somewhere in the back of my brain, there's a little goblin going ' mmm mmm!
- naughty: We have lots of fun and adventures even tho those naughty goblins, Sly and Gobbo, are always trying to cause trouble!
- evil: Like some evil little goblins didn't like the pictures either and decided to flashlight it *from the inside* .
- mischievous: Join Big-Ears and Noddy as they race around Toy Town in pursuit of a pair of mischievous goblins.
- nasty: Take him to the small dry cave where the insignificant crack is, and when the nasty goblin appears, throw Elrond at him.
Modifies a noun
- market: Goblin Market is a poem written by Christina Rossetti.
- green: The paint tends to soak up through the whole net giving it a dark green look ( even using goblin green ).
- page: Many critics too ( including Jeffrey ) considered the goblin page beneath the dignity of the poem.
- detector: Armed with traps and a goblin detector, the scene is set for an epic shadow between our heroes and the insidious beasts.
- army: Just imagine how many models the combined army will have when Anna adds in her goblin army.
- attack: In the second book the action really cranks up a notch when the children endure their first malevolent goblin attack and rescue a griffin.
Possessives
dungeon: To find it you will have to be captured and put into the goblins ' dungeon.
Preposition: of
soil: Peace be unto you, genies and goblins of the soil!
Preposition: like
creature: Bucca, Bucca Boo A Cornish goblin like creature.
Browse dictionary entries near goblin
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- ‹ gobbledygook
- ‹ gobble
- ‹ gobbet
- ‹ gob
- ‹ goatsucker
- ‹ goatskin
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