单词 | phoney |
释义 | phoney (foʊni ) also phony Word forms: phoneys , phonier, phoniest 1. adjective If you describe something as phoney, you disapprove of it because it is false rather than genuine. [informal, disapproval] He'd phoned with some phoney excuse she didn't believe for a minute. He didn't really have that moustache. It was phoney. He used a phoney accent. Synonyms: fake, affected, assumed, trick 2. adjective If you say that someone is phoney, you disapprove of them because they are pretending to be someone that they are not in order to deceive people. [informal, disapproval] He looks totally phoney to me. ...phoney 'experts'. Synonyms: bogus, false, fake, pseudo [informal] Phoney is also a noun. 'He's false, a phoney,' Harry muttered. |
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