English Explanatory Dictionary

harumph

English dictionary entry

Meanings

intj
  1. An expression of disdain, disbelief, protest, refusal or dismissal.
noun
  1. An expression of disdain, disbelief, protest, or dismissal; a huff, grunt, or snort.
verb
  1. To make a huffing or snorting sound of disdain or dismissal; (figurative, by extension) to show one's disdain.

Pronunciation

/həˈɹʌm(p)f/ en-us-harumph.ogg

Word forms

harumph harrumph harumphs harumphing harumphed

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Synonyms

applesauce bender bollocks bosh bugger off bullcrap bullcrud bullfuck bullshit chinny reckon codswallop come off it come on c'mon fiddle fiddledeedee fiddle-faddle fiddlefart fiddlestick fiddlesticks flummery fuck off gertcha get away get out of here get out of it get out of town get outta here get to fuck gimme a break give over go on harumph Hookey Walker horsefeathers horse hockey horseshit malarkey no no way nonsense pshaw pshh pshht pssh pssht pull the other leg pull the other one it's got bells on it's got brass bells on rubbish stroll on tell it to Sweeney tell it to the judge tell it to the marines tell me another one Walker yeah right you're having me on
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on H Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary