Word "HUMBUG" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
Synonyms:
dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, put-on

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
pretentious or silly talk or writing
Synonyms:
baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
Synonyms:
snake oil

Crossword Clues for HUMBUG

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Clue Source Date
Striped peppermint sweet The Times Specialist 23 Jun 2025
Sweet smell - and something annoying
Retort from Scrooge is sweet
Deceptive nonsense (6)
Scrooge's cry USA Today 14 Jan 2025
Striped, hard-boiled mint sweet (6)
Sweet kid The Telegraph Cryptic 12 Nov 2024
Hypocritical words (6)
Sweet sound made by an insect? (6)
Boiled minty sweet (6)
Insincere person offers mint sweet (6)
Hard-boiled sweet Mirror Tea Time 01 Sep 2024
The hi-fi's "noise gremlin"? Nonsense! (6)
Sham boiled sweet (6)
Sweet cuddle when knelt before Spooner? (6) The Guardian Cryptic 11 Jun 2024
"Nonsense!" Eugene Sheffer 29 May 2024
"Bah, __" (Scrooge's cry)
Sweet, insincere talk (6)
Sweet, insincere talk The Guardian Quick 13 Apr 2024
Peppermint-flavoured boiled sweet The Times Concise 23 Mar 2024
Striped sweet (6)
Hard boiled sweet Mirror Classic 09 Feb 2024
Bah -!, Scrooge's lament (6)
Fashionable doctor caught in embrace? Nonsense!
Boiled sweet producing unpleasant smell? Bother! (6)
Sweet sound from bee and another insect (6)
Scrooge's dismissal (6)
Smell insect? Rubbish! (6) Puzzler Cryptic 18 Nov 2023
Spooner's wrong to cherish a boiled sweet The Guardian Cryptic 03 May 2023
Sweet sound of buzzing insect The Telegraph Cryptic 10 Aug 2021
Sweet smell associated with insect
Mint-flavoured sweet The Telegraph Quick 23 May 2021
Deceptive talk New York Times 27 Dec 2020
With 34 Across, Scrooge's famous expletive Canadiana 05 Oct 2020
Sweet smell … cheese off?
Trick; rubbish The Telegraph Quick 23 Apr 2019
False talk The Times Concise 04 Nov 2018
Sweet smell attracts insect
Baloney The Telegraph Quick 22 Nov 2017
'Nonsense!' Eugene Sheffer 16 Oct 2017
Bunk Wall Street Journal 05 Aug 2017
Spooner to cuddle vagrant? Nonsense!
Peppermint sweet The Telegraph Quick 12 Mar 2017
Fake sweet
Noise made by bee and other insect in rubbish The Telegraph Cryptic 01 Jan 2017
Scrooge's "Nonsense!" LA Times Daily 24 Oct 2016
Spooner's back squeeze is all gas
Pretentious talk and boiled sweet Irish Times Simplex 20 Aug 2015
What you hear from bee and insect is something sweet The Telegraph Toughie 28 Jul 2015
Croon into hidden microphone? Rubbish!
Sweet/ rhubarb
Scrooge's word
'Bah!'
Scrooge's word
"Nonsense!"
Fraud
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