Bunkum — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈɛɹklɔθ/

🇬🇧British English

/bˈʌŋkəm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/bˈʌŋkəm/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈɛɹklɔθ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

bunk guff buncombe hogwash rot

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Blödsinn

inakzeptables Verhalten (insbesondere lächerliche Falschaussagen)

🇫🇷French

blague

comportement inacceptable (en particulier les déclarations ridiculement fausses)

🇪🇸Spanish

tontería poco escondida

comportamiento inaceptable (especialmente declaraciones ridículamente falsas)

🇮🇹Italian

stupidaggine

comportamento inaccettabile (in particolare dichiarazioni ridicolmente false)

🇳🇱Dutch

stapelbed

onaanvaardbaar gedrag (vooral belachelijk valse verklaringen)

🇵🇹Portuguese

besteira

comportamento inaceitável (especialmente declarações ridiculamente falsas)

🇷🇺Russian

чушь

неприемлемое поведение (особенно смехотворно ложные заявления)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बकवास

अस्वीकार्य व्यवहार (विशेष रूप से हास्यास्पद झूठे बयान)

🇧🇩Bengali

বাঙ্কুম

অগ্রহণযোগ্য আচরণ (বিশেষ করে হাস্যকরভাবে মিথ্যা বিবৃতি)

🇮🇳Tamil

பங்கம்

ஏற்றுக்கொள்ள முடியாத நடத்தை (குறிப்பாக நகைப்புக்குரிய தவறான அறிக்கைகள்)

🇮🇳Telugu

బంకమ్

ఆమోదయోగ్యం కాని ప్రవర్తన (ముఖ్యంగా హాస్యాస్పదంగా తప్పుడు ప్రకటనలు)

🇮🇳Gujarati

બંકમ

અસ્વીકાર્ય વર્તન (ખાસ કરીને હાસ્યાસ્પદ રીતે ખોટા નિવેદનો)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬಂಕಮ್

ಸ್ವೀಕಾರಾರ್ಹವಲ್ಲದ ನಡವಳಿಕೆ (ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಹಾಸ್ಯಾಸ್ಪದ ಸುಳ್ಳು ಹೇಳಿಕೆಗಳು)

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബങ്കം

അസ്വീകാര്യമായ പെരുമാറ്റം (പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് പരിഹാസ്യമായ തെറ്റായ പ്രസ്താവനകൾ)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੰਕਮ

ਅਸਵੀਕਾਰਨਯੋਗ ਵਿਵਹਾਰ (ਖਾਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਹਾਸੋਹੀਣੇ ਝੂਠੇ ਬਿਆਨ)

🇵🇰Urdu

بنکم

ناقابل قبول سلوک (خاص طور پر مضحکہ خیز جھوٹے بیانات)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

废话

不可接受的行为（尤其是可笑的虚假陈述）

🇯🇵Japanese

ブンクム

容認できない行為（特に滑稽なほど虚偽の発言）

🇰🇷Korean

벙컴

용납할 수 없는 행동(특히 우스꽝스러울 정도로 거짓된 진술)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

giường tầng

hành vi không thể chấp nhận được (đặc biệt là những tuyên bố sai lầm lố bịch)

🇹🇭Thai

บังคัม

พฤติกรรมที่ยอมรับไม่ได้ (โดยเฉพาะข้อความเท็จอย่างน่าหัวเราะ)

🇮🇩Indonesian

omong kosong

perilaku yang tidak dapat diterima (terutama pernyataan palsu yang menggelikan)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

كلام يعوزه الصدق

السلوك غير المقبول (خصوصًا التصريحات الكاذبة المضحكة)

🇮🇷Persian

بوکوم

رفتار غیرقابل قبول (به خصوص اظهارات مضحک نادرست)

🇹🇷Turkish

ranza

kabul edilemez davranışlar (özellikle gülünç derecede yanlış ifadeler)

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