phony

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pho·ny /ˈfəʊni $ ˈfoʊ-/ adjective  x-refthe usual American spelling of phoney phoney的一般美式拼法► see thesaurus at false

Examples from the Corpus

phony• His outsider image, to start with, is phony.• Many such claims in the Middle East are phony.• On many other cuts, though, he goofs around in a self- deprecating way that actually seems phony.• There was, however, nothing phony about his powers of connoisseurship, and looking at pictures with him was fascinating.• Was the card a phony card?• a phony driver's license• a phony Italian accent• Was the number a phony number?• He has scheduled a phony parliamentary election for October 15, and his own term expires next year.• People have been peddling phony weight-loss elixirs since before the turn of the century.Origin phony (1800-1900) Perhaps from fawney “brass ring used for deceiving people” ((18-19 centuries)), from Irish Gaelic fáinne “ring”

pho·ny adjectiveChineseSyllable  

American spelling the of Corpus phoney usual

phony

I

pho‧ney (also phony American English) /ˈfəʊni $ ˈfoʊ-/ adjective informal
1. false or not real, and intended to deceive someone
   SYN  fake:
    a phoney American accent
2. someone who is phoney is insincere and pretends to be something they are not
—phoney noun [countable]:
    He’s a complete phoney!
—phoniness noun [uncountable]
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ false not real, but intended to seem real and deceive people: He uses a false name.
   ▪ fake made to look or seem like something else, especially something worth a lot more money: fake fur | a fake Rolex watch | fake designer goods | a fake $100 bill
   ▪ forged a forged official document or bank note has been illegally made to look like a real one: a forged passport | a forged £50 note
   ▪ counterfeit /ˈkaʊntəfɪt $ -tər-/ counterfeit money or goods have been illegally made to look exactly like something else: How do you detect counterfeit currency? | counterfeit drugs
   ▪ imitation made to look real – used especially about guns, bombs etc or about materials: The two men used an imitation firearm to carry out the robbery. | imitation leather/silk/silver
   ▪ phoney/phony /ˈfəʊni $ ˈfoʊ-/ disapproving informal false – used when you think someone is deliberately trying to deceive people: She put on a phoney New York accent. | The doctors were accused of supplying phoney medical certificates. | There’s something phoney about him. | phony advertisements
   ▪ spurious /ˈspjʊəriəs $ ˈspjʊr-/ false and giving a wrong impression about someone or something: spurious claims | That’s a spurious argument. | The company was trying to get some spurious respectability by using our name.

II

pho‧ny /ˈfəʊni $ ˈfoʊ-/ adjectivethe usual American spelling of phoney
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ false not real, but intended to seem real and deceive people: He uses a false name.
   ▪ fake made to look or seem like something else, especially something worth a lot more money: fake fur | a fake Rolex watch | fake designer goods | a fake $100 bill
   ▪ forged a forged official document or bank note has been illegally made to look like a real one: a forged passport | a forged £50 note
   ▪ counterfeit /ˈkaʊntəfɪt $ -tər-/ counterfeit money or goods have been illegally made to look exactly like something else: How do you detect counterfeit currency? | counterfeit drugs
   ▪ imitation made to look real – used especially about guns, bombs etc or about materials: The two men used an imitation firearm to carry out the robbery. | imitation leather/silk/silver
   ▪ phoney/phony /ˈfəʊni $ ˈfoʊ-/ disapproving informal false – used when you think someone is deliberately trying to deceive people: She put on a phoney New York accent. | The doctors were accused of supplying phoney medical certificates. | There’s something phoney about him. | phony advertisements
   ▪ spurious /ˈspjʊəriəs $ ˈspjʊr-/ false and giving a wrong impression about someone or something: spurious claims | That’s a spurious argument. | The company was trying to get some spurious respectability by using our name.

phonyBrE /ˈfəʊni/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfoʊni/ 🔊 (especially NAmE) = phoney