humbuggery
noun[U]
old-fashioneduk/ˌhʌmˈbʌɡ.ər.i/us/ˌhʌmˈbʌɡ.ɚ.i/dishonesttalk, writing, orbehaviourthat isintendedtodeceivepeople:
欺骗行为(或言论)Yearsof his humbuggery made thepublicunwillingtobelieveanything he said.多年的欺骗行为使得公众不再相信他的任何言论。
Synonym
humbug(DISHONESTY)
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
- a pack of liesidiom
- artifice
- bad faith
- black is whiteidiom
- cakeism
- canard
- falsehood
- falsification
- feedsomeonea lineidiom
- fib
- fiction
- lie
- myth
- mythologically
- mythologize
- perjure
- venality
- weasel words
- white lie
- whopper