TROLL Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈtrōl

as in fairy

an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers "The Three Billy Goats Gruff," is the story of three goats trying to cross a bridge guarded by a nasty troll living beneath it

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verb

as in to search

to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something the owner of the bed-and-breakfast often trolls antique stores for furniture and knickknacks

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Recent Examples of troll

Noun

Knowles proceeded to call out trolls for tuning in for the halftime performance in the first place. —

Rachel Flynn, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024 But even then, the troll went down fighting, The Verge reported. —

Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2024

Verb

This, in September, was the full package: goals, a red card, a massive onslaught, a stoppage-time equaliser and Erling Haaland trolling Gabriel by pinging the ball off the back of his head. —

Phil Hay, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024 Christopher Beam: The worst of crypto is yet to come Crypto is a technology whose transformative product is not a particular service but a culture—one that is, by nature, distrustful of institutions and sympathetic to people who want to dismantle or troll them. —

Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for troll

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While the Patriots hired Mike Vrabel, the first candidate interviewed by Poles, team president Kevin Warren and others involved in the Bears’ process, five other teams are currently searching for coaches.

— Phil Rogers, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
In October, 1985, Lammy watched the TV coverage of a riot that broke out on the Broadwater Farm Estate, a social-housing project two streets away from his house, when a Black woman died of heart failure after her apartment was searched by the police.

— Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025