harumph
Plural: harumphs
Intj
- An expression of disdain, disbelief, protest, refusal or dismissal.
Noun
- An expression of disdain, disbelief, protest, or dismissal; a huff, grunt, or snort.
Verb
Verb Forms: harumphed, harumphing, harumphs
- To clear one's throat loudly, often indicating disapproval.
- To make a huffing or snorting sound of disdain or dismissal; (figurative, by extension) to show one's disdain.
Examples
- Give the governor a harumph.
- Harumph! She is welcome to try, but I'm not going to bother helping.
- I didn't get a harumph out of that guy.
- Upon seeing her opponent’s audacious play, she couldn’t help but HARUMPH.
Origin / Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Synonyms
Hookey Walker, Walker, applesauce, bah, bender, blech, bleck, bollocks, bosh, bugger off, bullcrap, bullcrud, bullfuck, bullshit, c'mon, chinny reckon, codswallop, come off it, come on, faugh, faw, feh, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddledeedee, fiddlefart, fiddlestick, fiddlesticks, flummery, foh, fough, fuck off, gaw, 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, horse hockey, horsefeathers, horseshit, it's got bells on, it's got brass bells on, malarkey, no, no way, nonsense, pah, pfaugh, pfui, phht, pho, phoh, pht, piff, pish, poh, pooh, pshaw, pshh, pshht, psht, pssh, pssht, pugh, puh, pull the other leg, pull the other one, right, rubbish, stroll on, tell it to Sweeney, tell it to the judge, tell it to the marines, tell me another one, tush, yeah, you're having me on, you're pulling my leg
Scrabble Score: 17
harumph: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordharumph: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
harumph: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary