Phony - definition, transcription

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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, phoney, pretender)

adjective

- fraudulent; having a misleading appearance (syn: bastard, bogus, fake, phoney)

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...

...the quack pushing the phony medicine was taking advantage of the credulity of people hoping for miracle cures...

He used a phony business to launder money from drug dealing.

You funny old, phony old bogus man!

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