trolls

Cultural  

1. In Norse mythology, repulsive dwarfs who lived in caves or other hidden places. They would steal children and property but hated noise. The troll in the children's story “The Three Billy Goats Gruff,” for example, lives under a bridge and is enraged when he hears the goats crossing the bridge.

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Example Sentences

That anecdote tells you a great deal about This Music May Contain Hope, a concept album about overcoming heartbreak and self-doubt and internet trolls and stupid men.

From BBC

He makes up a game with trolls and lava that we play over and over.

From Literature

She claimed since the court ruling, "trolls" were using artificial intelligence to create videos of her animals looking unwell and post them online.

From BBC

"There are always trolls whenever anything goes that big and people are always negative, but overall I've never been called a genius so much in my life."

From BBC

One day faded into another as I told her stories, all the stories she had told me about witches, and trolls, and wolves, and ogres.

From Literature