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Antonyms for Humbug
ˈhʌmˌbʌghum·bug
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baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddlenoun
pretentious or silly talk or writing
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drool, fraud, drivel, bosh, slobber, tale, dribble, tommyrot, boloney, hoax, put-on, snake oil, humbug, taradiddle, baloney, bilgewater, story, fib, tarradiddle, tosh, dupery, twaddle, fraudulencehumbug, snake oilnoun
communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
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drool, fraud, bosh, fraudulence, tommyrot, boloney, hoax, put-on, humbug, taradiddle, baloney, bilgewater, tarradiddle, snake oil, tosh, dupery, twaddlefraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-onverb
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
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pasquinade, put-on, tarradiddle, duplicity, drool, twaddle, bilgewater, caper, burlesque, fraud, parody, baloney, takeoff, joke, mockery, tommyrot, humbug, pretender, charade, fake, faker, impostor, role player, hoax, sham, fraudulence, dupery, pseud, trick, pseudo, antic, lampoon, shammer, snake oil, travesty, sendup, tosh, boloney, deceit, taradiddle, spoof, imposter, bosh, prankhumbugverb
trick or deceive
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How to use Humbug in a sentence?
In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism, skepticism and humbug, and we shall want to live more musically.”
'A merry Christmas, uncle God save you' cried a cheerful voice. 'Bah' said Scrooge. 'Humbug'
An educated man ... is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style.
Vox populi, vox humbug.
Becket Executive Director Montse Alvarado:
A hearty bah-humbug toast to university officials who make Christian and Jewish students feel like second class citizens at a time that should be full of brotherly love and giving.
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