phoney Definition
☆ pho·ney (fō′nē)
adjective, noun
Informal phony: the preferred Brit. sp.
phoney Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- not: I know that it sounds terribly naive to Europeans, but it is not phoney - it is the genuine conviction of most Americans.
- probably: It tells us more than Powell's prepared text, and more than the probably phoney intercepts.
- so: The beating scences at the begining and & the makeup are so phoney to be laughable.
Modifies a noun
- war: For the next months a phoney war occurred in which Britain prepared for a German invasion.
- consultation: It is no coincidence that he is pressing ahead with a phoney consultation on nuclear power.
- debate: EIS officials are currently organizing a phoney debate, with local meetings to be held after the ballot papers have been sent out.
- name: Having previously given the police phoney names, they were all soon identified.
- scheme: They are the driving force behind factory farming, which they cloak with spin and phoney assurance schemes, as Viva!
- accounting: Moreover, they never acknowledge how deep the phoney accounting runs.
Used with adjective complement
look: Avoid unpainted hardwood and UPVC windows and doors as they always look phoney.
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