harrumphverb [ I ]
uk/həˈrʊmf/us/həˈrʊmf/informal mainly humorousto express anger and disapproval, often not by speaking but making a noise:
I didn't hear what he said - he sort of harrumphed and walked off.
[ + speech ] "Absolute nonsense!" harrumphed the colonel.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: sounds used as interjections
- achoo
- bam
- blah
- boohoo
- cor
- duh
- er
- hah
- oops
- ow
- phooey
- shush
- tsk
- tut
- uh
- uh-oh
- uh-uh
- whoops
- yada yada yada
- zzz
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