Synonyms of guff
Examples of guff in a Sentence
His latest book has a lot of guff about conspiracies of one kind or another.
His friends have given him a lot of guff about his hair.
She doesn't take guff from anybody.
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Wyck is obviously Widow’s Bay’s Quint, the veteran sea salt who takes no guff, drinks too much, and selflessly puts his life on the line.
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 15 June 2026
Don Shula is spinning in his grave; that or enduring a lot of guff from old football colleagues up in heaven.
—Miami Herald, 28 Dec. 2025
This book exists, in other words, in order for Karp to have written a book … The book is filled with this sort of sanctimonious guff.
—Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
That includes in particular, Don Rickles as an oily floor manager, Dick Smothers as a hypocritical politico, James Woods as a puke-ish parasite and, once again, Scorsese’s mother, Catherine Scorsese, as a take-no-guff, see-no-evil mama familias.
—Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 22 Nov. 2025
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 15 June 2026
Don Shula is spinning in his grave; that or enduring a lot of guff from old football colleagues up in heaven.
—Miami Herald, 28 Dec. 2025
This book exists, in other words, in order for Karp to have written a book … The book is filled with this sort of sanctimonious guff.
—Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
That includes in particular, Don Rickles as an oily floor manager, Dick Smothers as a hypocritical politico, James Woods as a puke-ish parasite and, once again, Scorsese’s mother, Catherine Scorsese, as a take-no-guff, see-no-evil mama familias.
—Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 22 Nov. 2025
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“Guff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guff. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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