Definitions for Humph

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Spelling: [an inarticulate expression resembling a snort; spelling pronunciation huhmf]
IPA: /an inarticulate expression resembling a snort; spelling pronunciation hʌmf/

Humph is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 27 anagrams from letters in Humph (hhmpu).

Definitions for Humph

interjection

  1. (used to indicate disbelief, contempt, etc.)

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to utter by or as if by expressing “humph.”.

Origin of Humph

First recorded in 1675-85

Examples for Humph

His only comments on the disclosure of kinship were a "humph!"

“humph, twelve,” said my father counting, as he saw me unarmed.

Do you decline to say anything but ‘humph’ on the subject, Ned?

For instance, to-night his spite got a little too much for him and he said: 'humph!'

I see it is also the name of the witness appealed to by Mrs. Morton—humph!

At the mention of Benjamin Jessup's name, an ominous 'humph!'

(Quietly smoking) That's a white man; he calls that fun: humph!

Egbert finds the climate there agrees with him, I suppose—— humph!

“humph, yes,” said Mr Reardon, with his fingers to his lips.

humph, I thought so, that you might have all the talk to yourself.

Word Value for Humph
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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