Definition for Flummery:

• A preparation of oatmeal, which forms a light article of food during convalescence. It may be made as follows :-Take of oatmeal or groats, a quart. Rub with two quarts of hot water, and let the mixture Stand until it becomes sour; then add another quart of hot water, and strain through a hair sieve. Let it stand till a white sediment is deposited; decant, and wash the sediment with cold water. Boil this with fresh water till it forms a mucilage, stirring the whole time.

Synonyms for Flummery:

• n.

  •balderdash (noun)
  • trash,
  • bull,
  • tripe,
  • poppycock,
  • malarkey,
  • claptrap,
  • rigmarole,
  • jargon,
  • fustian,
  • rot,
  • fudge,
  • drivel,
  • twaddle,
  • crock,
  • moonshine.
  •empty talk (noun)
  • palaver.
  •fiddle-faddle (noun)
  • froth,
  • minutia,
  • Minutiae,
  • baloney,
  • trifles,
  • hogwash.
  •flattery (noun)
  • eyewash,
  • approbation,
  • jives,
  • ingratiation,
  • pretty speech,
  • sycophancy,
  • incense,
  • obsequiousness,
  • tribute,
  • cajolery,
  • encomium,
  • flummery,
  • commendation,
  • fulsomeness,
  • jive,
  • honeyed words,
  • snow job,
  • Toadyism,
  • laud,
  • soft-soap,
  • unctuousness,
  • mush,
  • gratification,
  • blandishment,
  • sycophancies,
  • Cajoleries,
  • applause,
  • eyewashes,
  • adulation,
  • servility,
  • truckling,
  • ingratiations,
  • soft words,
  • eulogy,
  • flattering,
  • fawning,
  • bootlicking,
  • sweet talk,
  • gallantry,
  • plaudits,
  • Puffery,
  • blarney.
  •flummery (noun)
  • mummery.
  •frivolity (noun)
  • fun,
  • sport,
  • flippancy,
  • whimsy,
  • Dallying,
  • frippery,
  • Coquetting,
  • volatility,
  • triviality,
  • lightheartedness,
  • folly,
  • play,
  • game,
  • giddiness,
  • toying,
  • flightiness,
  • levity,
  • gaiety,
  • flirting,
  • lightness.
  •palaver (noun)
  • gab,
  • babble,
  • parley,
  • dialogue,
  • wheedle,
  • blab,
  • discussion,
  • conversation,
  • conference,
  • flatter,
  • clack,
  • chitchat,
  • talk,
  • chatter,
  • debate.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • balderdash,
  • bosh,
  • bunk,
  • fiddle-faddle,
  • flattery,
  • frivolity,
  • frivolousness,
  • hokum,
  • jest,
  • knickknack,
  • meaninglessness,
  • nonsense,
  • nonsensicality,
  • pudding,
  • puerility,
  • shallowness,
  • superficiality,
  • trifling,
  • whimsicality,
  • Boshes,
  • Fribble,
  • Puerilities,
  • whimsicalities,
  • fustians,
  • superficialities,
  • speak fast.

Antonyms for Flummery:

• n.

  • flattery
    denunciation, condemnation, insult, belittlement, criticism, offense, castigation.
  • frivolity
    sensibility, seriousness, wiseness.

Flummery Sentence Examples:

• A man must have a thick skin to be able to carry off all the flummery of Highness without any feeling of shame.

• Not I. I'm foreman, and get my wage reg'lar, and I don't want none of their flummery.

Hyponym for Flummery:

• n.

  • food
    pudding.