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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • interjection Used to express doubt, displeasure, or contempt.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To utter the syllable humph, as in dissatisfaction; mutter; grumble.
  • An exclamation uttered in the manner of a grunt, and expressive of disbelief, doubt, or dissatisfaction.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • interjection An exclamation denoting surprise, or contempt, doubt, etc.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • interjection Used to express doubt or disapproval

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