humbug
noun
uk/ˈhʌm.bʌɡ/us/ˈhʌm.bʌɡ/humbugnoun(DISHONESTY)
[U]
dishonesttalk, writing, orbehaviourthat isintendedtodeceivepeople:
谎话，骗局，花招theusualpoliticalhumbug司空见惯的政治花招
Iknowhumbug when Iseeit.
Herargumentsareimpeccableand she hasabsolutelynotolerancefor humbug.
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
- a pack of liesidiom
- artifice
- bad faith
- black is whiteidiom
- cakeism
- canard
- falsehood
- falsification
- feedsomeonea lineidiom
- fib
- fiction
- lie
- myth
- mythologically
- mythologize
- perjure
- venality
- weasel words
- white lie
- whopper
humbugnoun(SWEET)
[C]UK
a hardsweet, usually with aminttasteandstripsof two differentcolourson theoutside:
（通常带双色条纹的）薄荷味硬糖minthumbugs薄荷味硬糖
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Sweets
- almond paste
- baking chocolate
- barley sugar
- bitter chocolate
- bittersweet chocolate
- comfit
- confectioner
- confectionery
- cooking chocolate
- cotton candy
- Jordan almond
- jujube
- Kendal mint cake
- licorice
- liquorice
- selection box
- semisweet chocolate
- sherbet
- spun sugar
- stick of rock
humbugnoun(PERSON)
[C]
someone who says they haveparticularmoralbeliefsbutbehavesin way thatshowsthese are notsincere:
You're all abunchof humbugs, the lot of you!
He was a humbug: aformerleftistwhoveeredto theextremerightwhen his owninterestswerethreatened.
Synonym
hypocrite
Dishonest people
- birther
- cadger
- charmer
- cheat
- cheater
- deceiver
- hoaxer
- hustler
- hypocrite
- knave
- liar
- perjurer
- profiteer
- rigger
- ringer
- scammer
- trickster
- wheeler-dealer
bah humbug
said in acriticalway to someone who iscomplainingabout something that should beenjoyable,especiallyChristmas. Theexpressionwas used by thecharacterEbenezer Scrooge in thestory"AChristmasCarol" by Charles Dickens:
It'seasyto say "bahhumbug" over the earlyappearanceofChristmasdecorationsin theshops.
He won'tletthekidsplayfootballon hislawn-bahhumbug!
Linguistics: interjections
- aiyo
- alack
- alas and alackphrase
- attaboy
- attagirl
- auf Wiedersehen
- aw shucks
- figure
- goodo
- more
- more power toyourelbow!idiom
- need
- need I say more?idiom
- neener, neener
- no siridiom
- period
- small wonderidiom
- sweet
- the rest is historyidiom
- you seeidiom
humbug
verb
uk/ˈhʌm.bʌɡ/us/ˈhʌm.bʌɡ/[IorT]UK
totryto make someone give you something, espciallymoney, byaskingfor it manytimes:
She told herbrothershe hadlostherjobtostophim humbugging herforcash.
They don't like thefactthatbeggarsare humbugging on thestreets.
[T]
totrickordeceivesomeone:
First he humbugs them, and then theypaytohearhimtellhow he did it!
Theybelievewe are being humbugged byjournalistswho should beprovidingus withreliableinformation.
Making appeals & requests
- appellate
- ask forsomeone
- behest
- call for orderphrase
- call onsomeone
- callsomeonein
- cap
- claim
- demand
- implore
- invite
- pay claim
- petitioner
- propitiation
- push forsomething
- put in forsomething
- put the squeeze onsomeoneidiom
- reapply
- requester
- requisition
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Pursuing
Cheating & tricking