Antonyms for humbug

Grammar : Noun

Spell : huhm-buhg

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌmˌbʌg

Definition of humbug

Origin : 1751, student slang, "trick, jest, hoax, deception," also as a verb, of unknown origin. A vogue word of the early 1750s; its origin was a subject of much whimsical speculation even then.

noun nonsense
noun hoax

Example sentences :

Mrs M. is a humbug—not a drop of information can I get for love or money.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

The family is in that, as in so many other respects, a humbug.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

You'll find out what a humbug he is by and by, Mrs. Bartlett.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

You know that is not a humbug; you know He has heard you when you knelt down and prayed.
Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy

We must have humbug, we all like humbug, we couldn't get on without humbug.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

There is a vast deal of humbug in the use we make of the word humility.
Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore

Lincoln, even such as he is, contrives to humbug most of the Congressmen.
Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski

All that humbug which has only sent poor folks to rack and ruin!
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

Hilda would be best described as a jolly girl with no humbug about her.
Extract from : « Australia Revenged » by Boomerang

You don't fancy, do you, that you are the only man with a gift for humbug?
Extract from : « Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for humbug

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