Phrases with «humbug»

The word "humbug" means something that is deceptive or false, often used to describe something that is not genuine or honest. It can also refer to someone who is being insincere or pretending. Full definition

Sentences with «humbug»

  • Nothing brings out the ugly bah humbug in a rescuer than a returned Christmas gift a few days after the 25th (okcpetsmagazine.com)
  • All scientific information that disproves — or provides doubt — to the political policies is rejected or ignored for publication usually (as Baa Humbug says) without any real explanation. (wattsupwiththat.com)
  • To quote William Makepeace Thackeray, the lapel - creasing showdown — if not the entire Gatsbyesque experience that was the over-the-top opening of Mexico City's Museo Jumex — epitomised today's gilded global artworld as «a very vain, wicked, foolish place, full of all sorts of humbugs and falsenesses and pretensions». (artreview.com)
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