Humph! I don't want to speak about this now.
Source: tatoeba (1214889)
Humph
//h(ʌ)mf//
Synonyms for "humph" (2 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 9 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- gmf intj (used to express doubt or disapproval)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 哼 intj (used to express doubt or disapproval)
- 噷 intj (used to express doubt or disapproval)
Finnish
2 entries- pyh intj (used to express doubt or disapproval)
- pöh intj (used to express doubt or disapproval)
French
1 entries- hum intj (used to express doubt or disapproval)
German
1 entries- hm intj (used to express doubt or disapproval)
Japanese
2 entries- ふふん intj (used to express doubt or disapproval)
- ふん intj (used to express doubt or disapproval)
Romanian
2 entries- hm intj (used to express doubt or disapproval)
- hâm intj (used to express doubt or disapproval)
Russian
3 entries- гм intj (used to express doubt or disapproval)
- гм intj (used to express doubt or disapproval)
- хм intj (used to express doubt or disapproval)
Thai
1 entries- ฮึ่ม intj (used to express doubt or disapproval)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
`Beauty is too rare upon it. Give me no thanks, who am made happy by thy coming.' `Humph! old fellow,' said Leo aside to me in English, `the lady is very civil.'
Source: wiktionary
"There!" panted Pollyanna, hastily plucking a pink from a vase near by and tucking it into the dark hair where it would give the best effect. "Now I reckon we're ready to be looked at!" And she held out the mirror in triumph. "Humph!" grunted the sick woman, eyeing her reflection severely. "I like red pinks better than pink ones; but then, it'll fade, anyhow, before night, so what's the difference!"
Source: wiktionary
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