Hogwash — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈɑːɡwɑːʃ/

🇬🇧British English

/hˌɜːpɪtəlˈɒdʒɪkəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˌɜːpɪtəlˈɒdʒɪkəl/

2 syllables Say it as /hˈɑːɡwɑːʃ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

bunk guff buncombe bunkum rot

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Quatsch

inakzeptables Verhalten (insbesondere lächerliche Falschaussagen)

🇫🇷French

foutaise

comportement inacceptable (en particulier les déclarations ridiculement fausses)

🇪🇸Spanish

bazofia

comportamiento inaceptable (especialmente declaraciones ridículamente falsas)

🇮🇹Italian

una sciocchezza

comportamento inaccettabile (in particolare dichiarazioni ridicolmente false)

🇳🇱Dutch

onzin

onaanvaardbaar gedrag (vooral belachelijk valse verklaringen)

🇵🇹Portuguese

besteira

comportamento inaceitável (especialmente declarações ridiculamente falsas)

🇷🇺Russian

чушь

неприемлемое поведение (особенно смехотворно ложные заявления)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बेतुकी

अस्वीकार्य व्यवहार (विशेष रूप से हास्यास्पद झूठे बयान)

🇧🇩Bengali

হগওয়াশ

অগ্রহণযোগ্য আচরণ (বিশেষ করে হাস্যকরভাবে মিথ্যা বিবৃতি)

🇮🇳Telugu

హాగ్వాష్

ఆమోదయోగ్యం కాని ప్రవర్తన (ముఖ్యంగా హాస్యాస్పదంగా తప్పుడు ప్రకటనలు)

🇮🇳Marathi

हॉगवॉश

अस्वीकार्य वर्तन (विशेषत: हास्यास्पदपणे खोटी विधाने)

🇮🇳Gujarati

હોગવોશ

અસ્વીકાર્ય વર્તન (ખાસ કરીને હાસ્યાસ્પદ રીતે ખોટા નિવેદનો)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಾಗ್ವಾಶ್

ಸ್ವೀಕಾರಾರ್ಹವಲ್ಲದ ನಡವಳಿಕೆ (ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಹಾಸ್ಯಾಸ್ಪದ ಸುಳ್ಳು ಹೇಳಿಕೆಗಳು)

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഹോഗ്വാഷ്

അസ്വീകാര്യമായ പെരുമാറ്റം (പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് പരിഹാസ്യമായ തെറ്റായ പ്രസ്താവനകൾ)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਹਾਗਵਾਸ਼

ਅਸਵੀਕਾਰਨਯੋਗ ਵਿਵਹਾਰ (ਖਾਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਹਾਸੋਹੀਣੇ ਝੂਠੇ ਬਿਆਨ)

🇵🇰Urdu

ہاگ واش

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

ホグウォッシュ

容認できない行為（特に滑稽なほど虚偽の発言）

🇰🇷Korean

돼지고기

용납할 수 없는 행동(특히 우스꽝스러울 정도로 거짓된 진술)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chuyện vớ vẩn

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

🇹🇭Thai

ฮอกวอช

พฤติกรรมที่ยอมรับไม่ได้ (โดยเฉพาะข้อความเท็จอย่างน่าหัวเราะ)

🇮🇩Indonesian

omong kosong

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

🇵🇭Filipino

kalokohan

hindi katanggap-tanggap na pag-uugali (lalo na ang mga nakakatawang maling pahayag)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

هراء

السلوك غير المقبول (خصوصًا التصريحات الكاذبة المضحكة)

🇮🇷Persian

گراز شویی

رفتار غیرقابل قبول (به خصوص اظهارات مضحک نادرست)

🇹🇷Turkish

saçmalık

kabul edilemez davranışlar (özellikle gülünç derecede yanlış ifadeler)

🇮🇱Hebrew

שטיפת חזיר

התנהגות בלתי מתקבלת על הדעת (במיוחד הצהרות שווא בצורה מגוחכת)

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