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- pronunciation:
- huhm
buhg
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, interjection
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
something intended to deceive; fake; fraud; hoax.
The elderly professor had seen all the tricks the students could get up to and wasn't about to be deceived by this old humbug.- synonyms:
- fake, fakery, fraud
- similar words:
- con, deceit, deception, flimflam, hoax, ruse, sham, swindle
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| definition 2: |
the act of deceiving by trickery or falsification.
What they call salesmanship is just a bunch of humbug in my opinion.- synonyms:
- fakery, fraud, trickery
- similar words:
- con, confidence game, deceit, deception, falsification, flimflam, hoax, ruse, swindle, wile
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| definition 3: |
a person involved in a hoax or impersonation; impostor.
Don't believe any of that humbug's claims! He's not a doctor or any kind of healer.- synonyms:
- faker, fraud, impostor, phony
- similar words:
- bilker, charlatan, fake, flimflammer, mountebank, quack, sham, swindler, trickster
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| definition 4: |
something without substance or meaning, such as an idea or argument; nonsense.
His essay was neither logical nor convincing; in fact, it was sheer humbug.- synonyms:
- baloney, bunk, flummery, hokum, nonsense, trumpery
- similar words:
- bosh, bunkum, claptrap, crock, eyewash, flimflam, garbage, hogwash, rot, rubbish, stuff
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| definition 5: |
a hard, usually mint-flavored, candy.
She popped another humbug in her mouth. |
| related words: |
bilge, bluff, cant, cheat, double-talk, drivel, fraud, poppycock, pretense, wind |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
humbugs, humbugging, humbugged |
| definition: |
to trick or defraud (someone).
- synonyms:
- cheat, cozen, defraud, flimflam, swindle, trick
- similar words:
- bamboozle, bilk, bluff, deceive, diddle, dupe, fleece, gull, hoax, rook
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| related words: |
double-cross |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to engage in deception, fraud, or other trickery.
- synonyms:
- cozen
- similar words:
- bluff, cheat, deceive, swindle
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| related words: |
sham |
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| part of speech: |
interjection |
| definition: |
nonsense; rubbish; ridiculous!
Humbug! You're not interested in my health, just my money.Humbug! You're too young to retire, and we still need you!- synonyms:
- baloney, rot, rubbish
- similar words:
- nonsense
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| derivation: |
humbugger (n.) |
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