humbugged
Taken for ride
Humbugged means deceived or tricked, from the noun humbug—a fraud or hoax.
To be humbugged is to be taken in by false claims or nonsense: I feel humbugged by that salesman's promises.
The word has an old-fashioned ring, familiar from Scrooge's dismissive Bah, humbug! in Dickens.
Misled into false belief
- trickedMisled by cunning
- fooledLed to believe falsely
- dupedDeceived into believing
- swindledDeceived for gain
conned · cheated · bamboozled · hoodwinked · misled · taken in · scammed · defrauded
deceived
Misled into false belief
swindled · conned · cheated · bamboozled · hoodwinked · misled · taken in · scammed · defrauded · gulled
Scrooge
Miserly, cold-hearted person
grumpy · miserly · curmudgeon · bah · cynical · cantankerous · grouch · killjoy · sourpuss · crotchety
nonsense
Meaningless words or actions
- rubbishWaste or nonsense
- balderdashSenseless talk or writing
- poppycockFoolish or meaningless talk
hogwash · bunkum · malarkey · drivel · twaddle · rot · codswallop · tommyrot · claptrap · piffle
humbuggedinformed
Given necessary knowledge
enlightened · undeceived · clued in · set straight · disabused
humbuggedundeceived
Freed from mistaken belief
wise to it · skeptical · discerning · clear-eyed · sussed out