"harumph" meaning in All languages combined

See harumph on Wiktionary

Interjection [English]

IPA: /həˈɹʌm(p)f/ Audio: en-us-harumph.ogg Forms: harrumph [alternative]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-interj}} harumph
  1. An expression of disdain, disbelief, protest, refusal or dismissal. Synonyms: bullshit, bah
    Sense id: en-harumph-en-intj-IRBxKsxH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Vocalizations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 35 25 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 35 30 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 29 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 33 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 24 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 44 26 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 41 32 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 45 26 29 Disambiguation of Vocalizations: 41 28 31

Noun [English]

IPA: /həˈɹʌm(p)f/ Audio: en-us-harumph.ogg Forms: harumphs [plural], harrumph [alternative]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-noun}} harumph (plural harumphs)
  1. An expression of disdain, disbelief, protest, or dismissal; a huff, grunt, or snort.
    Sense id: en-harumph-en-noun-bFSeCO~Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 35 25 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 35 30 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 29 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 33 28

Verb [English]

IPA: /həˈɹʌm(p)f/ Audio: en-us-harumph.ogg Forms: harumphs [present, singular, third-person], harumphing [participle, present], harumphed [participle, past], harumphed [past], harrumph [alternative]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-verb}} harumph (third-person singular simple present harumphs, present participle harumphing, simple past and past participle harumphed)
  1. To dislike, protest, or dismiss. Translations (dislike): missbilligen (German), gunđati (Serbo-Croatian), negodovati (Serbo-Croatian), fnysa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-harumph-en-verb-vUPuDm2h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 35 25 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 35 30 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 29 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 33 28

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-01 using wiktextract (85b9f46 and 1b6da77). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.