Synonyms for guff
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Hogwash — nonsensical talk or thinking
hogwash, crap, bullshit, malarkey informal, piffle, rubbish, balderdash, non-sense, hokum, prattle, tripe, blah, bull, rot, bunk, balls, jazz, buncombe, bulldust AU, twaddle, drivel, blather
2. Impudence — insolent or otherwise unacceptable remarks
impudence, brass neck UK IE, insolence, lip, cheek
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Nonsensical talk or thinking.
- n. 2
Insolent or otherwise unacceptable remarks.
Forms
- Plural
- guffs → hogwashes, craps, malarkeys, rubbishes…
Example sentences
- bullshit I know you don't have the money—don't bullshit me!
- crap Crap! I haven't turned on the washing machine yet!
- hogwash I think that's a lot of hogwash.
- cheek He swabbed the inside of his cheek with his Q-Tip.
- insolence Your insolence comes from your messianic complex.
By length
- 3 letters
- lip1, rot1
- 4 letters
- crap1, bull1, jazz1, blah1, bunk1
- 5 letters
- balls1, cheek1, tripe1, hokum2
- 6 letters
- drivel2, piffle
- 7 letters
- rubbish2, hogwash2, prattle2, blather2, twaddle2
- 8 letters
- bullshit2, malarkey3, buncombe, bulldust
- 9 letters
- insolence3, impudence
- 10 letters
- balderdash3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hokum2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- foutaises