| 单词 | phoney |
| 释义 | phoney (once / 58224 pages) adjn WORD FAMILY phoney: phoneys USAGE EXAMPLESThey are telling us that they think that the British prime minister is a phoney and the incoming American president is a conman. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) But in contrast to the post-referendum phoney war that still prevails, Brexit will soon pit Westminster against a belligerent Brussels. BBC(Nov 24, 2016) Forget the booze, the funny pics, the perfumed kerchief of phoney outrage. The Guardian(Nov 16, 2016) 1adj fraudulent; having a misleading appearance Syn bastard, bogus, fake, phony counterfeit, imitative not genuine; imitating something superior 2n 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|Hypo|Hyper dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phony, pretender charmer, smoothie, smoothy, sweet talker someone with an assured and ingratiating manner Tartufe, Tartuffea hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere) whited sepulcher, whited sepulchrea person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster someone who leads you to believe something that is not true |
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