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buncombe

noun

1 buncombe

Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements).

synonyms: bunk, bunkum, guff, hogwash, rot.

Roget 933: flattery, adulation, gloze; blandishment, blandiloquence; cajolery; fawning, wheedling etc. v.; captation, coquetry, obsequiousness, sycophancy, ... show more

Roget 884: boasting etc. v.; boast, vaunt, crake; pretense, pretensions; puff, puffery; flourish, fanfaronade; gasconade; ... show more

Dutch: onzin, zever, pesterij, nonsens
Polish: idioctwo, kretyƄstwo, idiotyzm


Moby thesaurus: Washingtonese, adulation, balls, baloney, big talk, bilge, blague, blah, blah-blah, blandishment, blarney, bop, bosh, bull, bullshit, bunk, bunkum, cajolement, cajolery, claptrap ... show more.

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