1. deceptive or false talk or behavior; nonsense
2. people who behave in a deceptive or dishonest way
3. hard peppermint candies, typically striped
Usage: British

Examples

• The politician’s promises were nothing but humbugs designed to win votes.
• She dismissed his excuses as complete humbugs.
• Those fortune tellers are just humbugs preying on people’s hopes.
• The old man called the new health fad a bunch of humbugs.
• Grandmother always kept a jar of striped humbugs on her kitchen counter.
• The children’s mouths turned red from sucking on humbugs.
• He exposed the fake psychics as humbugs and con artists.