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phony

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adjective

pho·​ny ˈfō-nē How to pronounce phony (audio)
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
b
: arousing suspicion : probably dishonest
something phony about the story
c
: having no basis in fact : fictitious
phony publicity stories
d
: false, sham
a phony name
e
: making a false show: such as
(1)
: hypocritical
(2)
: specious
has a phony poetic elegance New Republic
phonily
ˈfō-ni-lē How to pronounce phony (audio)
adverb
phoniness
ˈfō-nē-nəs How to pronounce phony (audio)
noun

phony

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noun

variants or less commonly phoney
plural phonies also phoneys
: one that is phony

phony

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verb

phonied; phonying

transitive verb

: counterfeit, fake
—often used with up
a paper phonied up on the spur of the moment William Faulkner

-phony

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noun combining form

variants or less commonly -phonia
1
: sound
telephony
2
usually -phonia : speech disorder of a (specified) type
dysphonia

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
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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