humbug

6 letters · noun · scores 1,400 in SpellHuntr

noun

pretentious or silly talk or writing

verb

trick or deceive

Humbug in a sentence

All poets are humbugs, all literary men are humbugs; directly a man begins to sell his feelings for money he’s a humbug.

He means that he has sold out to the parliamentary humbugs and the bourgeoisie. Compromise! that is his faith.

humbug is a valid word in SpellHuntr, worth 1,400 points (6 letters — longer words score more). Spell it in a live game →