Thesaurus / humbug
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Only a humbug would complain about this “Alice in Wonderland” like befuddlement.
‘LIAR’S DICTIONARY’ A FAB, QUEER TALE FOR LOVERS OF LANGUAGEKATHI WOLFEJANUARY 29, 2021WASHINGTON BLADE
We all bow to the seor, and I wonder if he is really the private secretary, or a private humbug, waiting around to ensnare us.
GARDENS OF THE CARIBBEES, V. 1/2IDA MAY HILL STARR
Did the manufacturers of Alleotone feel downcast over the exposure of their humbug?
In brief, Dowds scientific method is nothing more than unscientific humbug.
You will find him in these pages, just the same humbug Wizard as before.
DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD IN OZL. FRANK BAUM
"The Wizard of Oz has always been a humbug," agreed Dorothy.
DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD IN OZL. FRANK BAUM
"He's only a humbug Wizard, though," said Dorothy, smiling at him.
DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD IN OZL. FRANK BAUM
These duels, by the by, are pieces of the most intense humbug that can be imagined.
You can't cut those clouds into slices of cheese as you can them of that humbug of a Cloud Lowrain.
Even in those of the best schools, that need none of this clap-trap, there is a little humbug.
WORDS RELATED TO HUMBUG
- abracadabra
- artifice
- cant
- chant
- charm
- cheating
- chicanery
- conjuring
- deceit
- deception
- delusion
- flimflam
- fraud
- gibberish
- gobbledegook
- hoax
- hocus
- humbug
- imposture
- incantation
- jargon
- juggling
- legerdemain
- magic
- magic words
- monkey business
- mumbo jumbo
- mummery
- mystification
- nonsense
- occultism
- open sesame
- rigmarole
- sleight of hand
- smoke and mirrors
- spell
- swindle
- trick
- trickery
- actor
- attitudinizer
- backslider
- bigot
- bluffer
- casuist
- charlatan
- cheat
- con artist
- crook
- deceiver
- decoy
- dissembler
- dissimulator
- fake
- faker
- four-flusher
- fraud
- hook
- humbug
- impostor
- informer
- lip server
- malingerer
- masquerader
- mountebank
- pharisee
- phony
- playactor
- poser
- pretender
- quack
- smoothie
- sophist
- swindler
- trickster
- two-face
- two-timer
- wolf in sheep's clothing
- actor
- attitudinizer
- backslider
- bigot
- bluffer
- casuist
- charlatan
- cheat
- con artist
- crook
- deceiver
- decoy
- dissembler
- dissimulator
- fake
- faker
- four-flusher
- fraud
- hook
- humbug
- impostor
- informer
- lip server
- malingerer
- masquerader
- mountebank
- pharisee
- phony
- playactor
- poser
- pretender
- quack
- smoothie
- sophist
- swindler
- trickster
- two-face
- two-timer
- wolf in sheep's clothing
- artifice
- baloney
- bamboozlement
- bill of goods
- bunco
- chicanery
- con
- con game
- cover up
- cozening
- deceit
- deception
- dirty pool
- dirty trick
- dodge
- double-dealing
- fake
- fast one
- fast shuffle
- fix
- flimflam
- frame
- fraud
- gyp
- hanky-panky
- hoax
- humbug
- hustle
- imposture
- jazz
- jive
- plant
- put-on
- racket
- rip-off
- run around
- scam
- sell
- shady deal
- sham
- shell game
- snow job
- spoof
- sting
- stunt
- swindle
- trickery
- whitewash
- wrong
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