humbug

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noun

hum·bug ˈhəm-ˌbəg How to pronounce humbug (audio)

: something designed to deceive and mislead

Their claims are humbug.

: a willfully false, deceptive, or insincere person

He's just an old humbug.

denounced as humbugs the playwrights who magnify the difficulties of their craft

Times Literary Supplement

: an attitude or spirit of pretense and deception

in all his humbug, in all his malice and hollowness

Mary Lindsay

: nonsense, drivel

academic humbug

British : a hard usually peppermint-flavored candy

humbuggery

ˈhəm-ˌbə-g(ə-)rē How to pronounce humbug (audio)

noun

Synonyms

Noun

counterfeit
fake
forgery
hoax
phony
phoney
sham

Verb

bamboozle
beguile
bluff
buffalo
burn
catch
con
cozen
deceive
delude
dupe
fake out
fool
gaff
gammon
gull
have
have on [chiefly British]
hoax
hoodwink
hornswoggle
juggle
misguide
misinform
mislead
snooker
snow
spoof
string along
suck in
sucker
take in
trick

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Example Sentences

Noun tests showed that the “old” map of America was a cleverly made humbug those UFO stories are a lot of humbug Verb humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

His bah-humbug to Halloween was in keeping with that tough line.

Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 17 Oct. 2020 Like many American holidays, it is now encrusted with humbug and commercialism.

Dan Mclaughlin, National Review, 5 May 2020 As the story goes, he is visited by a trio of Christmas ghosts (whom Scrooge accuses of being humbugs).

Elizabeth Wolfe And Douglas S. Wood, CNN, 21 Dec. 2019 Heroic detective, pilot, poet, magician and victor over all bullies and humbugs, animal or human, Freddy remains a model to us all.

New York Times, 12 Mar. 2020 Merriam-Webster defines a humbug as something or someone that is false or deceptive.

Elizabeth Wolfe And Douglas S. Wood, CNN, 21 Dec. 2019 Like every state, Colorado has its folklore, hoaxes, tall tales and humbugs.

Tom Noel, The Know, 24 Aug. 2019 The commercial web steams on as a hopped-up, strung-out system of hyperlinks, engineered to mix Barnumesque humbug with authentic reports, and to overlap ads and news—the better to sucker the eye.

Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 23 May 2018 This was familiar big-corporation humbug, custom-built to obscure the real issues.

Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019

Verb

In its verb form, to be humbugged is to be deceived or be the victim of a hoax.

Elizabeth Wolfe And Douglas S. Wood, CNN, 21 Dec. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun and Verb

origin unknown

First Known Use

Noun

1750, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

1749, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

单词	humbugs
释义	humbug 1 of 2 noun hum·bug ˈhəm-ˌbəg 1 a : something designed to deceive and mislead Their claims are humbug. b : a willfully false, deceptive, or insincere person He's just an old humbug. denounced as humbugs the playwrights who magnify the difficulties of their craft Times Literary Supplement 2 : an attitude or spirit of pretense and deception in all his humbug, in all his malice and hollowness Mary Lindsay 3 : nonsense, drivel academic humbug 4 British : a hard usually peppermint-flavored candy humbuggery ˈhəm-ˌbə-g(ə-)rē noun humbug 2 of 2 verb humbugged; humbugging transitive verb : deceive, hoax humbugged by their doctors G. B. Shaw intransitive verb : to engage in a hoax or deception Synonyms Noun counterfeit fake forgery hoax phony phoney sham Verb bamboozle beguile bluff buffalo burn catch con cozen deceive delude dupe fake out fool gaff gammon gull have have on [chiefly British] hoax hoodwink hornswoggle juggle misguide misinform mislead snooker snow spoof string along suck in sucker take in trick See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun tests showed that the “old” map of America was a cleverly made humbug those UFO stories are a lot of humbug Verb humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being Recent Examples on the Web Noun His bah-humbug to Halloween was in keeping with that tough line. Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 17 Oct. 2020 Like many American holidays, it is now encrusted with humbug and commercialism. Dan Mclaughlin, National Review, 5 May 2020 As the story goes, he is visited by a trio of Christmas ghosts (whom Scrooge accuses of being humbugs). Elizabeth Wolfe And Douglas S. Wood, CNN, 21 Dec. 2019 Heroic detective, pilot, poet, magician and victor over all bullies and humbugs, animal or human, Freddy remains a model to us all. New York Times, 12 Mar. 2020 Merriam-Webster defines a humbug as something or someone that is false or deceptive. Elizabeth Wolfe And Douglas S. Wood, CNN, 21 Dec. 2019 Like every state, Colorado has its folklore, hoaxes, tall tales and humbugs. Tom Noel, The Know, 24 Aug. 2019 The commercial web steams on as a hopped-up, strung-out system of hyperlinks, engineered to mix Barnumesque humbug with authentic reports, and to overlap ads and news—the better to sucker the eye. Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 23 May 2018 This was familiar big-corporation humbug, custom-built to obscure the real issues. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019 Verb In its verb form, to be humbugged is to be deceived or be the victim of a hoax. Elizabeth Wolfe And Douglas S. Wood, CNN, 21 Dec. 2019 See More Word History Etymology Noun and Verb origin unknown First Known Use Noun 1750, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Verb 1749, in the meaning defined at transitive sense Kids Definition humbug noun hum·bug ˈhəm-ˌbəg 1 : fraud sense 3 "… the Wonderful Wizard of Oz was nothing more than a humbug!" L. Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz 2 : nonsense humbugs 1 of 2 noun plural of humbug as in frauds one who makes false claims of identity or expertise one humbug after another claimed to be the miraculously surviving daughter of the Russian czar Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance frauds fakes shams pretenders charlatans quacks misleaders mountebanks deceivers impostors fakers phonies phoneys fakirs imposters actors counterfeiters operators hoaxers ringers quacksalvers dissemblers tricksters sharpers swindlers copycats poseurs imitators impersonators skinners bluffers dodgers defrauders scammers fraudsters duper mimics sharpies scamsters cozeners feigners Antonyms & Near Antonyms virtuosi masters adepts virtuosos professionals experts wizards authorities crackerjacks maestros maestri past masters aces whizzes crackajacks See More humbugs 2 of 2 verb present tense third-person singular of humbug as in fools to cause to believe what is untrue humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being Synonyms & Similar Words fools tricks deceives suckers kids hoaxes dupes deludes gulls hoodwinks snows gammons teases gaffs misleads buffaloes bluffs bamboozles misinforms cozens cons spoofs stings strings along cheats has on beguiles snookers misguides sucks in hornswoggles juggles catches burns has fakes out does a number on takes in swindles leads one up the garden path leads one down the garden path pulls one's leg mulcts pulls the wool over one's eyes fleeces rooks defrauds chisels sticks puts on diddles hustles flimflams skins shortchanges euchres bleeds squeezes Antonyms & Near Antonyms reveals unmasks debunks exposes uncovers undeceives discloses tells shows up disillusions divulges disabuses unveils uncloaks disenchants See More
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