Phoney - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈfəʊnɪ|
Brit.
|ˈfəʊnɪ|
noun
- a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives (syn: dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phony, pretender)
adjective
Extra examples
...a phony watch with a designer logo...
...she always has this phony smile just before she betrays you...
According to him, politics is full of phonies.
I don't think she ever meant to help us. What a phony!
...the terrorists were able to move around the country using phonied driver's licenses...
He's a complete phoney!
You funny old, phony old bogus man!
Word forms
adjective
comparative: phonier
superlative: phoniest
comparative: phonier
superlative: phoniest
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