Synonyms for
Humbug
Definition
Something that is not what it seems or claims to be, especially something that is false or deceptive.
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Example sentences
- The magician's trick was a humbug, as he was using mirrors to create an illusion.
- The politician's promises turned out to be a humbug, as he did not fulfill them.
- The product was a humbug, as it did not work as advertised.
- The fortune teller was a humbug, as she was only guessing my future.
- The diet supplement was a humbug, as it did not help me lose weight.
Quotes
'I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round...as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.' - Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
'The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife — this longing to attain self-conscious manhood, to merge his double self into a better and truer self. In this merging he wishes neither of the older selves to be lost...He simply wishes to make it possible for a man to be both a Negro and an American, without being cursed and spit upon by his fellows, without having the doors of opportunity closed roughly in his face.' - W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk
'I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.' - Martin Luther King Jr.