phony
IPA: fˈoʊni
noun
- (informal) A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.
- (informal) A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold.
- (informal) Anything fraudulent or fake.
verb
- (informal) To fake.
adjective
- (informal) Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
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Examples of "phony" in Sentences
- The man received a phony call.
- Please stop the phony consensus argument.
- The 909 section is phony and irrelevant on its face.
- Some of the quotes in that section seem rather phony.
- I followed the phony website and credit card charges.
- Part of the spell is those phony black religious wraps.
- Andy Warhol was an obvious phony to all but the indoctrinated.
- He says the movies are phony and so are the people that go to them.
- I provided sources in the edit summaries proving the quote to be phony.
- Dummar was largely discounted by the public as a phony and an opportunist.
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