English noun: humbug |
1. | humbug (communication) pretentious or silly talk or writing |
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| Synonyms | baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle |
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| Broader (hypernym) | bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality |
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| Domain usage | argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular |
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2. | humbug (communication) communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive |
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| Synonyms | snake oil |
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| Broader (hypernym) | deceit, deception, misrepresentation |
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3. | humbug (act) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage |
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| Synonyms | dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, put-on |
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| Broader (hypernym) | chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | goldbrick |
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