As an interjection humph
is used to express doubt or disapproval.
As a verb humph
is to utter "humph!" in doubt or disapproval.
As a noun sumph is
(scotland|northern england) a dunce; a blockhead.
humph
English
Alternative forms
* (l)
Interjection
Used to express doubt or disapproval
Synonyms
* humbug!
Verb
(
en verb)
To utter "humph!" in doubt or disapproval.
sumph
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(Scotland, northern England) A dunce; a blockhead.
*1933 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Cloud Howe'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), p. 312:
*:His daughter, that sumph that was Mistress Bruce, fair jumped as she heard the bang of the door [...].