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phony
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
1 phony (US) adjective
phonier; phoniest
1 phony (US)
adjective
phonier; phoniest
Learner's definition of PHONY
informal
1
: not true, real, or genuine : intended to make someone think something that is not true假冒的；不真实的；诈骗的
- He gave a phony name to the police. = The name he gave the police was phony.他给警方报了一个假名。
- a phony [=(more commonly) counterfeit] $100 bill*100美元假币
- She's been talking in a phony [=fake] Irish accent all day.她说话总是装爱尔兰腔调。
2
of a person : not honest or sincere : saying things that are meant to deceive people虚伪的；不诚实的
- phony politicians虚伪的政客们
— phoniness
noun [noncount]- I recognized the phoniness of her accent.我听出她的口音是装出来的。
2 phony (US) noun
or chiefly British phoney /ˈfoʊni/
plural phonies
2 phony (US)
noun
or chiefly British phoney /ˈfoʊni/
plural phonies
Learner's definition of PHONY
[count] informal
1
: a person who pretends to be someone else or to have feelings or abilities that he or she does not really have : a person who is not sincere骗子；假冒者
- According to him, politics is full of phonies.他认为政坛里都是骗子。
- I don't think she ever meant to help us. What a phony!我觉得她根本没想帮助我们。真是个骗子！
2
: something that is not real or genuine赝品
- The painting is a phony. [=fake]这幅画是赝品。
variants or less commonly phoney
phonier; phoniest
: not genuine or real: such as
a(1)
: intended to deceive or mislead
(2)
: intended to defraud : counterfeit
c
: having no basis in fact : fictitious
variants or less commonly -phonia
Synonyms
Adjective
Noun
Verb
Example Sentences
Adjective a phony watch with a designer logo she always has this phony smile just before she betrays you Noun According to him, politics is full of phonies. I don't think she ever meant to help us. What a phony! Verb the terrorists were able to move around the country using phonied driver's licenses
Recent Examples on the Web
Sadie Gurman, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2022 Consumers don't want ad experiences that come off invasive, phony, or salesy. Gary Drenik, Forbes, 7 July 2022 Putin, Andropov’s KGB acolyte, built on that foundation in launching the war on Ukraine, creating fake videos of atrocities against Russians, false-flag attacks, phony reports of Ukrainian nukes and bioweapons, and much more. Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022 The video has been used by pro-Russia social media accounts and others to claim that Ukrainians are faking war deaths and that the mainstream media is broadcasting phony reports about Ukrainian casualties. Daniel Dale, CNN, 10 Mar. 2022 In text messages, Dadyan and her brother-in-law discussed how to create phony payroll reports and invent employer identification numbers that would look legitimate to government loan monitors. Gregory Yee, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2022 To impress her office crush Colin (Dylan O’Brien), a callow pothead-turned-globe-trotting influencer with a grotty Pete Davidson-esque charisma, Danni concocts a phony invitation to a writers retreat in Paris. Amy Nicholson, Variety, 20 July 2022 That company was banned from Facebook during the 2020 election cycle after the social media company accused it of posting misinformation from phony accounts. Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2022 The problem over phony reviews is not new for Amazon, or e-commerce as a whole. Haleluya Hadero, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2022 Gerard Baker, WSJ, 16 May 2022 Two television ads from a super PAC called Pennsylvania Conservative Fund try to portray Oz as a phony who is merely pretending to be a conservative. Daniel Dale, CNN, 8 Apr. 2022 Professor Harold Hill is the ultimate phony — and Hugh Jackman, unfortunately, isn’t playing one. Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2022 But Nez felt like a phony even though the producers placated him by including a couple of his songs on the early albums. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2022 And there’s a guy with a computerized fake eyeball that’s occasionally given to popping out and rolling around—everything about this phony eyeball is funny. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Sep. 2021 Carlson is revealed as just another phony—the exact kind of person Carlson the magazine writer would have skewered. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 16 Sep. 2021 And your stage persona is usually making fun of a show-business-phony-type person. Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2021 But the screen Larry saw for a bank statement was likely a phony. Dallas News, 21 June 2021 Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 29 Mar. 2018 See More
Adjective
Investigators found a trove of policing and spy tools, including firearms, a drone, a machine for creating phony ID cards, vests, gas masks and police lights, prosecutors said. Sadie Gurman, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2022 Consumers don't want ad experiences that come off invasive, phony, or salesy. Gary Drenik, Forbes, 7 July 2022 Putin, Andropov’s KGB acolyte, built on that foundation in launching the war on Ukraine, creating fake videos of atrocities against Russians, false-flag attacks, phony reports of Ukrainian nukes and bioweapons, and much more. Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022 The video has been used by pro-Russia social media accounts and others to claim that Ukrainians are faking war deaths and that the mainstream media is broadcasting phony reports about Ukrainian casualties. Daniel Dale, CNN, 10 Mar. 2022 In text messages, Dadyan and her brother-in-law discussed how to create phony payroll reports and invent employer identification numbers that would look legitimate to government loan monitors. Gregory Yee, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2022 To impress her office crush Colin (Dylan O’Brien), a callow pothead-turned-globe-trotting influencer with a grotty Pete Davidson-esque charisma, Danni concocts a phony invitation to a writers retreat in Paris. Amy Nicholson, Variety, 20 July 2022 That company was banned from Facebook during the 2020 election cycle after the social media company accused it of posting misinformation from phony accounts. Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2022 The problem over phony reviews is not new for Amazon, or e-commerce as a whole. Haleluya Hadero, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2022 Noun
It could even be said that the biggest phony of the lot is Mr. Trump himself, former ally of the Clintons and other unreliable causes. Gerard Baker, WSJ, 16 May 2022 Two television ads from a super PAC called Pennsylvania Conservative Fund try to portray Oz as a phony who is merely pretending to be a conservative. Daniel Dale, CNN, 8 Apr. 2022 Professor Harold Hill is the ultimate phony — and Hugh Jackman, unfortunately, isn’t playing one. Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2022 But Nez felt like a phony even though the producers placated him by including a couple of his songs on the early albums. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2022 And there’s a guy with a computerized fake eyeball that’s occasionally given to popping out and rolling around—everything about this phony eyeball is funny. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Sep. 2021 Carlson is revealed as just another phony—the exact kind of person Carlson the magazine writer would have skewered. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 16 Sep. 2021 And your stage persona is usually making fun of a show-business-phony-type person. Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2021 But the screen Larry saw for a bank statement was likely a phony. Dallas News, 21 June 2021 Verb
In fact, legislators and regulators are rolling back regulations designed to protect investors, who in this case are estimated to have lost $100 billion to phony Chinese firms. Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 29 Mar. 2018 See More Word History
Etymology
Adjective
perhaps alteration of fawney gilded brass ring used in the fawney rig, a confidence game, from Irish fáinne ring, from Old Irish ánne — more at anus
Noun
derivative of phony entry 1
Verb
derivative of phony entry 1 or phony entry 2
Noun combining form
borrowed from Greek -phōnia, from -phōnos "having a sound (of the kind or number specified)" (derivative of phōnḗ "sound made by something living, voice, speech, utterance") + -ia -ia entry 1 — more at phono-
First Known Use
Adjective
1889, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1902, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1940, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of phony was in 1889 Phrases Containing phony
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