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phony::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, pretender |
| Type of | beguiler, deceiver, slicker, trickster, cheat, cheater |
| Has types | whited sepulcher, whited sepulchre, sweet talker, charmer, smoothie, smoothy, tartufe, tartuffe |
Examples of phony
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King Abdullah will pick the location, not that phony front man in New York City.
From the washingtontimes.com
Then the mainstream media jumped in to display their phony populist street cred.
From the online.wsj.com
If you want to go out there and be a phony, then that's what you're going to be.
From the sacbee.com
Phony stunts like pumping gas are condescending coming from a multi-millionaire.
From the courier-journal.com
They can create phony profits in the hands of unethical traders and accountants.
From the omaha.com
Unfortunately, the people seem more phony than everything you see on the screen.
From the washingtonpost.com
This phony, make believe Chrysler bankruptcy is really a way of helping the UAW.
From the abcnews.go.com
They stage phony marriage proposals on airplanes and vomit in fancy restaurants.
From the washingtonpost.com
As an American, this phony family does not represent me or anything I stand for.
From the forbes.com
- Hypocrite: 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
- Bogus: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
- In the broadest sense, a fraud is an intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual; the related adjective is fraudulent.
- (The Phonies) The Phonies are a Finnish rock band formed in Ykspihlaja, Kokkola in 2002. The band's continual members are vocalist Tom Stenman, guitarist Risto Lehtomaa and bassist Pekka Hietalahti. ...
- (phonily) In a phony way, or to a phony extent
- I'm sure I knew this word prior to reading this book, but I was probably more familiar with the Scooby Doo meaning, ie, phony twenty-dollar bill, phony ghost, phony monster... reading CitR made it very, very, very clear that a person can be phony.
- Adj. Related to telephones.
