humbugged (Meaning)
humbugged (imp. & p. p.)
of Humbug
Synonyms & Antonyms of humbugged
Synonyms:
- had
- fleeced
- put on
- pulled the wool over one's eyes
- gammoned
- faked out
- pulled one's leg
- led one up the garden path
- hustled
- flimflammed
- chiselled
- stuck
- squeezed
- rooked
- chiseled
- bled
- led one down the garden path
- defrauded
- diddled
- swindled
- shortchanged
- mulcted
- skinned
- euchred
- did a number on
Antonyms:
humbugged Sentence Examples
- The salesman's slick talk was nothing more than a humbug designed to swindle customers.
- Uncle Ebenezer was known for his penny-pinching ways and was often humbugged by cheap imitations.
- The lottery winner humbugged his friends with tales of his lavish new lifestyle.
- The politician's campaign promises were a humbug, meant to hoodwink voters into supporting him.
- The con artist humbugged the elderly widow out of her life savings.
- The magician's tricks were a mere humbug, designed to create an illusion of the impossible.
- The detective's hunch proved correct: the witness's alibi was a humbug.
- The inventor's claims of perpetual motion were nothing more than a humbug, a blatant deception.
- The psychic's predictions were a humbug, preying on people's gullibility.
- The child humbugged his parents into thinking he'd eaten his vegetables when in reality he'd hidden them under his bed.
FAQs About the word humbugged
of Humbug
deceived, tricked, fooled, beguiled, bluffed, burned, gulled, conned, took in, bamboozled
exposed, uncovered, revealed, revealed, exposed, uncovered, undeceived,undeceived, disillusioned, disabused
The salesman's slick talk was nothing more than a humbug designed to swindle customers.
Uncle Ebenezer was known for his penny-pinching ways and was often humbugged by cheap imitations.
The lottery winner humbugged his friends with tales of his lavish new lifestyle.
The politician's campaign promises were a humbug, meant to hoodwink voters into supporting him.
