phony (redirected from phoniness)

pho·ny also pho·ney  (fn)

adj. pho·ni·er, pho·ni·est

1.

a. Not genuine or real; counterfeit: a phony credit card.

b. False; spurious: a phony name.

2. Not honest or truthful; deceptive: a phony excuse.

3.

a. Insincere or hypocritical.

b. Giving a false impression of truth or authenticity; specious.

n. pl. pho·nies also pho·neys

1. Something not genuine; a fake.

2.

a. One who is insincere or pretentious.

b. An impostor; a hypocrite.

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[Alteration of fawney, gilt brass ring used by swindlers, from Irish Gaelic fáinne, ring, from Old Irish.]

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phoni·ly adv.

phoni·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	phony - 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 dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, pretender beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true charmer, smoothie, smoothy, sweet talker - someone with an assured and ingratiating manner Tartufe, Tartuffe - a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere) whited sepulcher, whited sepulchre - a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous
Adj.	1.	phony - fraudulent; having a misleading appearance bastard, bogus, fake, phoney counterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"

Translations

phon(e)y

adj phon(e)y [ˈfəuni]

not genuine; fake; false a phoney French accent. vals, nagemaak كاذِب، مُزّيَّف، مُصْطَنَع фалшив falešný falsk; påtaget falsch ψεύτικος falso, fingido võlts ساختگی؛ قلابی vale-, tekaistu faux מְזוּיָף कृत्रिम lažan,krivotvoren hamis palsu óekta falso, finto にせの 가짜의, 엉터리의 apsimestinis, netikras neīsts; viltots dibuat-buat onecht, nep falsk, uekte udawany, lipny falso pretins ложный, поддельный falošný ponarejen lažni falsk, dum ซึ่งหลอกลวง sahte, yapmacık 假的 фальшивий; дутий نقلي، غير حقيقي giả mạo 假的

n

a person who is not what he pretends to be He's not a real doctor – he's a phoney. bedrieër إنْسان أو شَيء مُزَيَّف лицемер šarlatán svindler; fupmager der/die Schwindler(in) απατεώνας farsante, impostor ðarlatan آدم متظاهر huijari charlatan רָמַאי नकली folirant szélhámos gadungan loddari impostore インチキ 사기꾼 apsimetėlis krāpnieks; viltnieks tipu bedrieger bløffmaker, svindler oszust impostor şarlatan обманщик; шарлатан šarlatán blefer folirant bluff นักต้มตุ๋น sahtekâr 假冒者，騙子 шахрай, шарлатан مکوٹھے والا kẻ giả mạo 假冒者，骗子