Humbug

How many syllables in Humbug?

humbug has 2 syllables

Split Humbug into syllables?

hum-bug

Definition of Humbug

Something that is not what it seems or claims to be, especially something that is false or deceptive.

How should Humbug divide into syllables

There are 2 syllables in the word 'humbug'. The first syllable 'Hum' has a vowel 'u' and a consonant 'h'. The second syllable 'bug' has a vowel 'u' and two consonants 'b' and 'g'.

Part of Speech - Humbug

Noun

Sentences with Humbug

  • The magician's trick was a humbug, as he was using mirrors to create an illusion.
  • The politician's promises turned out to be a humbug, as he did not fulfill them.
  • The product was a humbug, as it did not work as advertised.
  • The fortune teller was a humbug, as she was only guessing my future.
  • The diet supplement was a humbug, as it did not help me lose weight.

Quotes with Humbug

  • 'I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round...as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.' - Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
  • 'The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife — this longing to attain self-conscious manhood, to merge his double self into a better and truer self. In this merging he wishes neither of the older selves to be lost...He simply wishes to make it possible for a man to be both a Negro and an American, without being cursed and spit upon by his fellows, without having the doors of opportunity closed roughly in his face.' - W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk
  • 'I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.' - Martin Luther King Jr.
  • 'The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.' - Socrates
  • 'When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.' - Alexander Graham Bell
  • 'The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.' - Nelson Mandela
  • 'It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.' - Confucius
  • 'The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.' - Steve Jobs
  • 'Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.' - Winston Churchill
  • 'Be the change that you wish to see in the world.' - Mahatma Gandhi

Number of characters in Humbug

6 ( h, u, m, b, u, g )

Unique letters in Humbug

5 ( h, u, m, b, g )

Humbug Backwards

gubmuh

Phonetic Transcription of Humbug

IPA (International): ˈhʌˌmbʌg

ARA (American): ˈhʌˌmbʌg

EPA (English): ˈhʌˌmbʌg

HHAH-MBAH-G