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{
"etymology_text": "A natural utterance, first recorded in the mid-16th century.",
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],
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"A sound, usually made with a closed mouth pouting, indicating annoyance, indignation, disapproval, doubt, or sighing."
],
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"links": [
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"onomatopoeia",
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],
[
"annoyance",
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],
[
"indignation",
"indignation#English"
],
[
"disapproval",
"disapproval#English"
],
[
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"doubt#English"
]
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"(onomatopoeia) A sound, usually made with a closed mouth pouting, indicating annoyance, indignation, disapproval, doubt, or sighing."
],
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{
"word": "humbug"
}
],
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],
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{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "gmf"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hēng",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "哼"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hm, hēn, hèn",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "噷"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "pyh"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "pöh"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "hum"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "hm"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fufun",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "ふふん"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fun",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "ふん"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "hm"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "hâm"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gm",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "гм"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "hm",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "гм"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xm",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "хм"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "hʉ̂m",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "ฮึ่ม"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/h(ə)mf/"
},
{
"ipa": "[həɱf]"
},
{
"ipa": "[hɱ̩f]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɱ̊ɱ̩f]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌmf"
},
{
"rhymes": "-əmf"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-humpf.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/En-us-humpf.ogg/En-us-humpf.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/En-us-humpf.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "hmph"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "hmpf"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "humf"
}
],
"word": "humph"
}
{
"etymology_text": "A natural utterance, first recorded in the mid-16th century.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "humphs",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "humphing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "humphed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "humphed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
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"_dis": "31 69",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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],
"glosses": [
"To utter \"humph!\" in doubt or disapproval."
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To utter \"humph!\" in doubt or disapproval."
],
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]
}
],
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},
{
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},
{
"ipa": "[hɱ̩f]"
},
{
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌmf"
},
{
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},
{
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"word": "hmph"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "hmpf"
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],
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/əmf",
"Rhymes:English/əmf/1 syllable",
"Rhymes:English/ʌmf",
"Rhymes:English/ʌmf/1 syllable"
],
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"A sound, usually made with a closed mouth pouting, indicating annoyance, indignation, disapproval, doubt, or sighing."
],
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[
"onomatopoeia",
"onomatopoeia"
],
[
"annoyance",
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],
[
"indignation",
"indignation#English"
],
[
"disapproval",
"disapproval#English"
],
[
"doubt",
"doubt#English"
]
],
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"(onomatopoeia) A sound, usually made with a closed mouth pouting, indicating annoyance, indignation, disapproval, doubt, or sighing."
],
"tags": [
"onomatopoeic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/h(ə)mf/"
},
{
"ipa": "[həɱf]"
},
{
"ipa": "[hɱ̩f]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɱ̊ɱ̩f]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌmf"
},
{
"rhymes": "-əmf"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-humpf.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/En-us-humpf.ogg/En-us-humpf.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/En-us-humpf.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "humbug"
},
{
"word": "hmph"
},
{
"word": "hmpf"
},
{
"word": "humf"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "gmf"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hēng",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "哼"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hm, hēn, hèn",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "噷"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "pyh"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "pöh"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "hum"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "hm"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fufun",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "ふふん"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fun",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "ふん"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "hm"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "hâm"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gm",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "гм"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "hm",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "гм"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xm",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "хм"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "hʉ̂m",
"sense": "used to express doubt or disapproval",
"word": "ฮึ่ม"
}
],
"word": "humph"
}
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"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
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"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/əmf",
"Rhymes:English/əmf/1 syllable",
"Rhymes:English/ʌmf",
"Rhymes:English/ʌmf/1 syllable"
],
"etymology_text": "A natural utterance, first recorded in the mid-16th century.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "humphs",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "humphing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "humphed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
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{
"form": "humphed",
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}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"To utter \"humph!\" in doubt or disapproval."
],
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"(intransitive) To utter \"humph!\" in doubt or disapproval."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/h(ə)mf/"
},
{
"ipa": "[həɱf]"
},
{
"ipa": "[hɱ̩f]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɱ̊ɱ̩f]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌmf"
},
{
"rhymes": "-əmf"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-humpf.ogg",
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"tags": [
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "hmph"
},
{
"word": "hmpf"
},
{
"word": "humf"
}
],
"word": "humph"
}
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