humbug 音标拼音: [h'ʌmb
, ʌg]
vt . 欺骗,欺诈,瞒骗
vi . 行骗
n . 欺骗,欺诈,骗子
欺骗,欺诈,瞒骗行骗欺骗,欺诈,骗子
humbug n 1 :
pretentious or silly talk or writing [
synonym : {
baloney },
{
boloney }, {
bilgewater }, {
bosh }, {
drool }, {
humbug },
{
taradiddle }, {
tarradiddle }, {
tommyrot }, {
tosh }, {
twaddle }]
2 :
communication (
written or spoken )
intended to deceive [
synonym :
{
humbug }, {
snake oil }]
3 :
something intended to deceive ;
deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage [
synonym : {
fraud }, {
fraudulence }, {
dupery },
{
hoax }, {
humbug }, {
put -
on }]
v 1 :
trick or deceive Humbug \
Hum "
bug `\,
n . [
Prob .
fr .
hum to impose on ,
deceive bug a frightful object .]
1 .
An imposition under fair pretenses ;
something contrived in order to deceive and mislead ;
a trick by cajolery ;
a hoax .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A spirit of deception ;
cajolery ;
trickishness .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
One who deceives or misleads ;
a deceitful or trickish fellow ;
an impostor . --
Sir J .
Stephen .
[
1913 Webster ]
Humbug \
Hum "
bug `\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Humbugged };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Humbugging }.]
To deceive ;
to impose ;
to cajole ;
to hoax .
[
1913 Webster ]
192 Moby Thesaurus words for "
humbug ":
absurdity ,
acting ,
affectation ,
amphigory ,
appearance ,
attitudinizing ,
babble ,
babblement ,
balderdash ,
balls ,
baloney ,
bamboozle ,
beguile ,
betray ,
bibble -
babble ,
blabber ,
blague ,
blagueur ,
blather ,
blatherskite ,
bluff ,
bluffer ,
bluffing ,
bombast ,
bosh ,
bull ,
bullshit ,
bunk ,
bunkum ,
cajole ,
charlatan ,
charlatanism ,
charlatanry ,
cheat on ,
cheating ,
circumvent ,
claptrap ,
color ,
coloring ,
conjure ,
crap ,
deceive ,
deception ,
delude ,
delusion ,
diddle ,
disguise ,
dissemblance ,
dissembling ,
dissimulation ,
double -
cross ,
double -
talk ,
drivel ,
drool ,
dupe ,
eyewash ,
facade ,
face ,
fake ,
fakement ,
faker ,
fakery ,
faking ,
false air ,
false front ,
false show ,
falsity ,
feigning ,
feint ,
fiddle -
faddle ,
fiddledeedee ,
flam ,
flapdoodle ,
flimflam ,
flummery ,
folderol ,
forestall ,
four -
flushing ,
fourflusher ,
fraud ,
front ,
fudge ,
fustian ,
gabble ,
galimatias ,
gammon ,
get around ,
gibber ,
gibberish ,
gibble -
gabble ,
gilt ,
gloss ,
gobbledygook ,
gull ,
gyp ,
hoax ,
hocus -
pocus ,
hogwash ,
hoke ,
hokum ,
hooey ,
hornswaggle ,
humbuggery ,
impersonator ,
impostor ,
imposture ,
jabber ,
jargon ,
jiggery -
pokery ,
juggle ,
let down ,
malarkey ,
malingerer ,
masquerade ,
meretriciousness ,
mislead ,
mock ,
moonshine ,
mountebank ,
mumbo jumbo ,
narrishkeit ,
niaiserie ,
nonsense ,
ostentation ,
outmaneuver ,
outreach ,
outsmart ,
outward show ,
outwit ,
overreach ,
pack of nonsense ,
palaver ,
phony ,
piffle ,
pigeon ,
play one false ,
playacting ,
pose ,
poser ,
poseur ,
posing ,
posture ,
prate ,
prattle ,
pretender ,
pretense ,
pretension ,
pretext ,
put something over ,
quack ,
quackery ,
quackishness ,
quackism ,
quacksalver ,
quackster ,
rant ,
representation ,
rigamarole ,
rigmarole ,
ringer ,
rip -
off ,
rodomontade ,
rot ,
rubbish ,
saltimbanco ,
seeming ,
sell ,
semblance ,
sham ,
shammer ,
show ,
simulacrum ,
simulation ,
skimble -
skamble ,
snow ,
speciousness ,
spoof ,
string along ,
stuff and nonsense ,
stultiloquence ,
take in ,
trash ,
trick ,
trumpery ,
twaddle ,
twattle ,
twiddle -
twaddle ,
two -
time ,
vaporing ,
varnish ,
waffling ,
window dressing
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Humbug - Wikipedia When referring to a person, a humbug means a fraud or impostor, implying an element of unjustified publicity and spectacle In modern usage, the word is most associated with the character Ebenezer Scrooge, created by Charles Dickens in his 1843 novella A Christmas Carol
HUMBUG Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of HUMBUG is something designed to deceive and mislead How to use humbug in a sentence Synonym Discussion of Humbug
Humbug - My Singing Monsters Wiki | Fandom Humbug is a Single-Element Ethereal Monster with the Poison Element It is found on Earth Island and can be teleported to either Ethereal Island or The Colossingum once fed to level 15 In a future update, Humbug will also be discovered on Poison Islet
HUMBUG | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary HUMBUG definition: 1 dishonest talk, writing, or behaviour that is intended to deceive people: 2 a hard sweet… Learn more
What Does “Bah, Humbug!” Actually Mean? - Mental Floss The meaning of ‘Bah, humbug!’ is a little more layered than what people normally attribute to Ebenezer Scrooge of ‘A Christmas Carol ’
Humbug - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com Humbug is like snake oil: it's deceptive, tricky, and meant to put one over on you There's a slightly different type of humbug that refers to nonsense: speech or writing that's silly, pretentious, or just empty When someone is talking a lot but saying nothing, they're talking humbug
HUMBUG Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com something intended to delude or deceive the quality of falseness or deception a person who is not what they claim or pretend to be; impostor something devoid of sense or meaning; nonsense a humbug of technical jargon British a variety of hard mint candy
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HUMBUG definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary You can refer to a person as a humbug when you think they are being dishonest, insincere, or pretending to be someone who they are not
humbug, n. adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary What does the word humbug mean? There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the word humbug , one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence