harumph

alternative harrumph

1. An expression of disdain, disbelief, protest, refusal or dismissal.

   Harumph! She is welcome to try, but I'm not going to bother helping.

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   "Harumph! Well, now, perhaps I spoke too soon, McManus."

   1982, Patrick F. McManus, They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?

   Synonyms: applesauce, bender, bollocks, bosh, bugger off, bullcrap, bullcrud, bullfuck

plural harumphs · alternative harrumph

1. An expression of disdain, disbelief, protest, or dismissal; a huff, grunt, or snort.

   Give the governor a harumph.

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   I didn't get a harumph out of that guy.

present singular third person harumphs · participle present harumphing · participle past harumphed · past harumphed · alternative harrumph

1. To make a huffing or snorting sound of disdain or dismissal; (figurative, by extension) to show one's disdain.

   "An open invitation for beggars," harumphed Migrationwatch. Ever the humanitarians.

   2012 June 3, Hugh Muir, “Hideously diverse Britain: standing up for the Romanians”, in The Guardian

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   Is it wrong to harumph when the scent of spitting fat drifts towards your washing line?

   2009 August 25, Paula Cocozza, “The rules of back-garden etiquette”, in The Guardian