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单词 hogwash
释义

hogwash

noun

hog·​wash ˈhȯg-ˌwȯsh How to pronounce hogwash (audio)
-ˌwäsh,
ˈhäg-
1
: swill sense 2a, slop
2
: nonsense, balderdash

Synonyms

  • applesauce [slang]
  • balderdash
  • baloney
  • boloney
  • beans
  • bilge
  • blah
  • blah-blah
  • blarney
  • blather
  • blatherskite
  • blither
  • bosh
  • bull [slang]
  • bunk
  • bunkum
  • buncombe
  • claptrap
  • codswallop [British]
  • crapola [slang]
  • crock
  • drivel
  • drool
  • fiddle
  • fiddle-faddle
  • fiddlesticks
  • flannel [British]
  • flapdoodle
  • folderol
  • falderal
  • folly
  • foolishness
  • fudge
  • garbage
  • guff
  • hokeypokey
  • hokum
  • hoodoo
  • hooey
  • horsefeathers [slang]
  • humbug
  • humbuggery
  • jazz
  • malarkey
  • malarky
  • moonshine
  • muck
  • nerts [slang]
  • nonsense
  • nuts
  • piffle
  • poppycock
  • punk
  • rot
  • rubbish
  • senselessness
  • silliness
  • slush
  • stupidity
  • taradiddle
  • tarradiddle
  • tommyrot
  • tosh
  • trash
  • trumpery
  • twaddle
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Example Sentences

You wouldn't believe the hogwash he was spouting at us. the librarian told us a lot of hogwash about how you can go to jail for having overdue books
Recent Examples on the Web Some motorcycle enthusiasts think the whole idea of trying to shush biker noise is hogwash. Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2022 Also, please know that some pundits naively believe that self-driving cars will never get into car crashes and will apparently be crash-free, which is entirely unmitigated hogwash, see my ardent rejoinder at this link here). Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022 Through it all, Collins has remained focused on combating both the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the anti-science hogwash at the same time. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021 And are we supposed to sit back and accept that a certain amount of anti-democracy hogwash will come with each vote? Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, 15 Sep. 2021 But that’s hogwash, because a brisket by any other color would taste as good. Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 6 July 2021 The Coronado Unified School District has featured squabbling over students who want their schools to be anti-racist, and community members who dismiss such actions as critical race theory hogwash. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2021 There was no more truth in any of those assertions than there is in the hogwash and hearsay tossed about by the anti-vaccinationists of 2021. John Gurda, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2021 Of course, to anyone steeped in the history of this organization, soft-pedaling any statement on playoff expansion is complete hogwash. Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

hogwash

noun

as in nonsense
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense the librarian told us a lot of hogwash about how you can go to jail for having overdue books

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • nonsense
  • garbage
  • nuts
  • rubbish
  • blah
  • stupidity
  • silliness
  • poppycock
  • baloney
  • drool
  • hooey
  • bunkum
  • claptrap
  • balderdash
  • twaddle
  • hokum
  • bunk
  • guff
  • foolishness
  • piffle
  • tosh
  • malarkey
  • codswallop
  • muck
  • crock
  • trash
  • craziness
  • jazz
  • flapdoodle
  • insanity
  • tommyrot
  • bull
  • humbuggery
  • beans
  • malarky
  • trumpery
  • folderol
  • blather
  • boloney
  • crapola
  • bilge
  • drivel
  • madness
  • blither
  • rot
  • falderal
  • fiddlesticks
  • blah-blah
  • blatherskite
  • fudge
  • bosh
  • absurdity
  • blarney
  • humbug
  • punk
  • horsefeathers
  • fiddle
  • buncombe
  • folly
  • idiocy
  • hoodoo
  • fiddle-faddle
  • applesauce
  • tarradiddle
  • taradiddle
  • senselessness
  • moonshine
  • nerts
  • absurdness
  • hokeypokey
  • flannel
  • greek
  • tomfoolery
  • foolery
  • lunacy
  • slush
  • inanity
  • imbecility
  • asininity
  • rigmarole
  • kookiness
  • fatuity
  • gas
  • witlessness
  • inaneness
  • monkey business
  • shenanigan(s)
  • hocus-pocus
  • hot air
  • hoity-toity
  • rigamarole
  • monkeyshine(s)
  • double-talk

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • rationality
  • sense
  • sensibleness
  • reasonability
  • reasonableness
  • wisdom
  • horse sense
  • judgement
  • levelheadedness
  • discernment
  • judgment
  • common sense
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