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View usage for: trumpery in British English (ˈtrʌmpərɪ) nounWord forms: plural -eries1. foolish talk or actions 2. a useless or worthless article; trinket Word origin C15: from Old French tromperie deceit, from tromper to cheat trumpery in American English (ˈtrʌmpəri) nounWord forms: plural ˈtrumperies1. something showy but worthless adjective3. showy but worthless; trashy; paltry Word origin ME trompery < MFr tromperie < tromper, to deceive, cheat < ? tromper, to play the trumpet: see trump 2Examples of 'trumpery' in a sentencetrumpery Synonyms of 'trumpery'trifle, toy, trinket, bauble nonsense, stuff, malarkey, bull cheap, nasty, useless, worthless More Synonyms of trumpery Definition something useless or worthless Synonyms balls (taboo, slang) malarkey bull (slang) pants (slang) crap (slang) bullshit (taboo, slang) hot air (informal) tosh (slang, mainly British) pap cobblers (British, taboo, slang) idiocy hokum (slang, mainly US, Canadian) malarkey inanity bosh (informal) eyewash (informal) tommyrot foolish talk horsefeathers (US, slang) bunkum or buncombe bizzo (Australian, slang) bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition useless or worthless Additional synonymsDefinition stupid or illogical talk What a load of balderdash! Synonyms nonsense, balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), rubbish, shit (taboo, slang), rot, crap (slang), garbage (informal), trash, bunk (informal), bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), waffle, pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), malarkey, drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), gibberish, guff (slang), moonshine, claptrap (informal), hogwash, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang), hokum (slang, US, Canadian), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), kak (South Africa, taboo, slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe Definition a trinket of little value The trees are decorated with fairy lights and coloured baubles. Synonyms trinket, ornament, trifle, toy, plaything, bagatelle, gimcrack, gewgaw, knick-knack, bibelot, kickshaw Definition nonsense I supported the family by writing bilge for popular magazines. Synonyms trash, rubbish, rot (informal), garbage (informal), tosh (slang, British), trivia, drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), dross, moonshine, hogwash (informal), bunkum or buncombe - trump
- trump something up
- trumped up
- trumpery
- trumpet
- truncate
- truncheon
Additional synonymsDefinition foolish or pretentious talk He talks a lot of pretentious claptrap. Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, rot (informal), crap (slang), garbage (informal), trash, bunk (informal), bullshit (taboo, slang), balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), flannel (British, informal), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), humbug, drivel, malarkey, twaddle, tripe (informal), affectation, guff (slang), blarney, bombast, moonshine, fabrication, insincerity, hogwash (informal), hokum (slang, US, Canadian), bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), rodomontade (literary), bunkum or buncombe Definition foolish talk What absolute drivel! Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, garbage, malarkey (informal), balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), rot, crap (slang), trash, bunk (informal), blah (slang), bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), waffle (informal, British), prating, pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), twaddle, tripe (informal), dross, gibberish, guff (slang), moonshine, malarkey, hogwash (informal), hokum (slang, US, Canadian), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition showy in a vulgar way a flashy sports car Synonyms showy, loud, over the top (informal), flamboyant, brash, tacky (informal), flaunting, glitzy (slang), tasteless, naff (British, slang), gaudy, garish, jazzy (informal), tawdry, ostentatious, snazzy (informal), glittery, meretricious, cheap and nasty, in poor taste, tinselly, bling (slang) I don't have time to listen to this foolishness. Synonyms nonsense, carrying-on (informal, British), rubbish, trash, bunk (informal), malarkey (informal), claptrap (informal), rigmarole, foolery, bunkum or buncombe Definition worthless rubbish or nonsense I personally think the story is complete garbage. Synonyms nonsense, balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), rot, crap (slang), trash, bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (informal), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), gibberish, malarkey, guff (slang), havers (Scottish), moonshine, claptrap (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, US, Canadian), codswallop (British, slang), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), kak (South Africa, slang), stuff and nonsense, flapdoodle (slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Synonyms trinket, toy, novelty, trifle, plaything, bauble, bijou, bagatelle, gimcrack, knick-knack, gaud, kickshaw Definition ridiculous talk These commercials are all guff. Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, malarkey, balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), rot, crap (slang), garbage (informal), trash, bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), humbug, drivel, tripe (informal), moonshine, hogwash (informal), hokum (slang, US, Canadian), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), kak (South Africa, vulgar, slang), empty talk, tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition nonsense That's a load of hogwash. Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, malarkey, garbage (informal), balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), rot, crap (slang), trash, bunk (informal), bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), guff (slang), moonshine, hokum (slang, US, Canadian), bunkum, piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), kak (South Africa, taboo, slang), hooey (slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition a small ornament or trinket Her flat is spilling over with knick-knacks. Synonyms trinket, trifle, plaything, bauble, bric-a-brac, bagatelle, gimcrack, gewgaw, bibelot, kickshaw Definition superficially or garishly attractive but of no real value vulgar, meretricious and shabby souvenirs Synonyms trashy, flashy, gaudy, garish, tawdry, showy, plastic (slang), tinsel, gimcrackAdditional synonymsDefinition foolish or nonsensical talk or thought The story is pure moonshine. Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, pants (slang), trash, gas (informal), bunk (informal), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), twaddle, tripe (informal), guff (slang), havers (Scottish), claptrap (informal), hogwash, malarkey, blather, piffle (informal), blether, bosh (informal), stuff and nonsense, foolish talk, tarradiddle, bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition nonsense He talks such a load of piffle. Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, garbage (informal), malarkey, hot air (informal), balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), pants (informal), rot, crap (slang), trash, bunk (informal), bullshit (taboo, slang), tosh (slang, British), bollocks (British, taboo, slang), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), guff (slang), moonshine, hogwash (informal), hokum (slang, US, Canadian), bunkum, codswallop (British, slang), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), hooey (slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), tarradiddle, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition nonsense Experts dismiss this explanation as poppycock. Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), pants (informal), rot, crap (slang), garbage (informal), trash, bunk (informal), bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), malarkey, tosh (slang, British), babble, bollocks (British, taboo, slang), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), gibberish, guff (slang), moonshine, baloney (informal), gobbledegook (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, US, Canadian), bunkum, piffle (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), hooey (slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition nonsense You do talk rot! Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, drivel, twaddle, malarkey, balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), pants (slang), crap (slang), garbage (US), trash, bunk (informal), bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), tripe (informal), guff (slang), moonshine, claptrap (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, US, Canadian), codswallop (British, slang), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), stuff and nonsense, flapdoodle (slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition foolish words or speech He's talking rubbish. Synonyms nonsense, garbage (US), drivel, malarkey, twaddle, balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), pants (slang), rot, crap (slang), trash, bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), bollocks (British, taboo, slang), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), tripe (informal), gibberish, guff (slang), havers (Scottish), moonshine, claptrap (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, US, Canadian), codswallop (British, slang), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), wack (US, slang), eyewash (informal), stuff and nonsense, flapdoodle (slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) some old rubbishy cop movie Synonyms trashy, cheap, worthless, paltry, shoddy, tawdry, tatty, throwaway, valueless, gimcrack, twopenny, brummagem, twopenny-halfpenny Definition behaving in a mean or unfair way It was hard to know why the man deserved such shabby treatment. Synonyms mean, low, rotten (informal), cheap, dirty, shameful, low-down (informal), shoddy, unworthy, despicable, contemptible, scurvy (old-fashioned), dishonourable, ignoble, ungentlemanly Definition rubbish This is a load of shit. Synonyms rubbish, nonsense, garbage (informal), malarkey, balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), rot, crap (taboo, slang), bullshit (taboo, slang), bollocks (British, taboo, slang), cobblers (British, taboo, slang), drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), claptrap (informal), poppycock (informal), kak (South Africa), pants (slang), bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition of poor quality I'm normally quick to complain about shoddy service. Synonyms inferior, poor, second-rate, cheap, tacky (informal), tawdry, tatty, trashy, low-rent (informal), slipshod, cheapo (informal), rubbishy, junky (informal), cheap-jack (informal), bodger or bodgie (Australian, slang) Don't tell me you believe in all that stuff. Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, rot (informal), trash, bunk (informal), foolishness, humbug, twaddle, tripe (informal), baloney (informal), verbiage, claptrap (informal), malarkey (informal), bunkum, poppycock (informal), balderdash, pants (slang), bosh (informal), stuff and nonsense, tommyrot, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Additional synonymsDefinition cheap, showy, and of poor quality tawdry jewellery Synonyms vulgar, cheap, tacky (informal), flashy, tasteless, plastic (slang), glittering, naff (British, slang), gaudy, tatty, showy, tinsel, raffish, gimcrack, meretricious, tinselly, brummagem, cheap-jack (informal) Definition an object that adults use for entertainment rather than for a serious purpose Computers have become household toys. Synonyms trinket, trifle, bauble, gimcrack, gewgaw, knick-knackDefinition foolish ideas or talk Don't read that awful trash. Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, garbage (informal), rot, balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), pants (slang), crap (slang), bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), guff (slang), moonshine, hogwash (informal), malarkey, hokum (slang, US, Canadian), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), inanity, balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), kak (South Africa, vulgar, slang), trumpery, tommyrot, foolish talk, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) I was watching some trashy TV show. Synonyms worthless, cheap, inferior, shabby, flimsy, shoddy, tawdry, tinsel, thrown together, crappy (slang), meretricious, rubbishy, poxy (slang), chickenshit (US, slang), catchpenny, brummagem, cheap-jack (informal), of a sort or of sorts Definition insignificant, petty, or frivolous The guests had each paid £250, no trifling sum. Synonyms insignificant, small, tiny, empty, slight, silly, shallow, petty, idle, trivial, worthless, negligible, unimportant, frivolous, paltry, minuscule, puny, measly, piddling (informal), inconsiderable, valueless, nickel-and-dime (US, slang), footling (informal) Definition a small or worthless ornament or piece of jewellery She sold trinkets to tourists. Synonyms ornament, bauble, knick-knack, piece of bric-a-brac, nothing, toy, trifle, bagatelle, gimcrack, gewgaw, bibelot, kickshaw Definition nonsense or rubbish I've never heard such a load of tripe in all my life. Synonyms nonsense, rot (old-fashioned), trash, twaddle, balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), rubbish, shit (taboo, slang), pants (slang), crap (slang), garbage (informal), bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), bollocks (British, taboo, slang), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), drivel, guff (slang), moonshine, claptrap (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, US, Canadian), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), inanity, balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), trumpery, tommyrot, foolish talk, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition silly, trivial, or pretentious talk or writing He was baffled by the intellectual twaddle. Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, rot (informal), garbage (informal), balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), pants (slang), gossip, crap (slang), trash, chatter, bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), waffle (informal, British), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), drivel, tripe (informal), guff (slang), tattle, moonshine, verbiage, gabble, claptrap (informal), gobbledegook (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, US, Canadian), rigmarole, blather, piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), inanity, balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), trumpery, tommyrot, foolish talk, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition ineffectual, weak, or stupid He realised that their money was useless in this country. Synonyms worthless, of no use, valueless, pants (slang), ineffective, impractical, fruitless, unproductive, ineffectual, unworkable, disadvantageous, unavailing, bootless, unsuitableMoney became virtually valueless with the collapse of the economy. Synonyms worthless, useless, no good, trifling, unsaleable, of no value Additional synonymsDefinition without value or usefulness This piece of old junk is totally worthless. Synonyms valueless, poor, miserable, trivial, trifling, paltry, trashy, measly (informal), wretched, two a penny (informal), rubbishy, poxy (slang), nickel-and-dime (US, slang), wanky (vulgar, slang), a dime a dozen, nugatory, chickenshit (US, slang), negligible |