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[ huhm-buhg ] / ˈhʌmˌbʌg / SEE SYNONYMS FOR humbug ON THESAURUS.COM
nounsomething intended to delude or deceive. the quality of falseness or deception. a person who is not what he or she claims or pretends to be; impostor. something devoid of sense or meaning; nonsense: a humbug of technical jargon. British. a variety of hard mint candy. verb (used with object), hum·bugged, hum·bug·ging.to impose upon by humbug or false pretense; delude; deceive. verb (used without object), hum·bugged, hum·bug·ging.interjection(used as an expletive to express rejection of something as being completely untrue or nonsensical.) Origin of humbugFirst recorded in 1730–40; origin uncertain SYNONYMS FOR humbug1 imposition. 2 pretense, sham. 3 pretender, deceiver, charlatan, swindler, quack, confidence man. 6 cheat, swindle, trick, fool, dupe. SEE SYNONYMS FOR humbug ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM humbughumbugger, nounWords nearby humbugHumboldt, Humboldt Bay, Humboldt Current, Humboldt Peak, humbucker, humbug, humbuggery, humdinger, humdrum, Hume, humectant Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for humbugNo one outside Limbaughland or Trumpville, Potemkin villages where no one will vote for Obama anyway, credited the humbug. Robert Shrum on the Vice Presidential Debate: Biden’s Win Was a Big F@$&ing Deal|Robert Shrum|October 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST I know you're there, trying to humbug me, I saw you in town; come on in, and don't be making a fool of yourself.' Real Ghost Stories|William T. Stead Well, what does that matter, you humbug, when Law is going to make millions for us? The Conspirators|Alexandre Dumas (Pere) I knew it was humbug; but I had to eat no end of humble pie, all the same. A Pessimist|Robert Timsol
Why I told him all about it myself only an hour ago, and then he goes off to humbug you. The Violet Fairy Book|Various When a man looks at everything through this dwarfing philosophy, everything has a great modicum of humbug. Tomlinsoniana|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
British Dictionary definitions for humbug
nouna person or thing that tricks or deceives nonsense; rubbish British a hard boiled sweet, usually flavoured with peppermint and often having a striped pattern verb -bugs, -bugging or -buggedto cheat or deceive (someone) Derived forms of humbughumbugger, nounhumbuggery, nounWord Origin for humbugC18: of unknown origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to humbughogwash, silliness, babble, bunk, bull, hooey, drivel, poppycock, rubbish, baloney, balderdash, gibberish, trash, pretense, prank, fraud, scam, sting, flimflam, gyp |