humbug
/ˈhʌmbʌɡ/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈhʌmbʌɡ/
humbug
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short u vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
hum - bug -> humbug
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hypocrisy, insincerity, false piety, lip service, BS, babble, balderdash, baloney, beat out of, bluff, buffalo, buffaloed, bull, bunco, bunk, bunkum, chicane, claptrap, codswallop, con, con game, cross up, deceit, deceive, deception, double cross, double deal, double dealing, double-cross, doublecross, drivel, empty talk, fake out, fast one, flimflam, four-flush, fraud, garbage, gibberish, gyp, hoax, hogwash, hokum, hooey, hot air, hustle, illude, impose upon, imposed upon, jive, jiving, juggle, lead on, lies, nonsense, perform magic, play joke on, poppycock, prank, prestidigitate, pretense, propaganda, psych out, psyched out, pull fast one, put-on, rubbish, scam, scammed, sell down the river, sham, silliness, snow job, snowed, spoof, stab in back, sting, suck in, sucked in, swindle, take for, take for ride, take to cleaners, taking for ride, tamper with, tampered with, tampering with, trash, twaddle
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