phony
adjective · noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(informal)Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
A good jeweler should be able to tell a real stone from a phony one.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(informal)A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.
He claims to be a doctor, but he's nothing but a fast-talking phony.
- 2.
(informal)A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold.
He's such a phony, he doesn't believe half of what he says.
Đồng nghĩa: faker, dissembler, pretender, fake, bamboozler, bouncer, bullshitter, cheat, cheater, cogger, cony-catcher, crammer, deceiver, deceptor, fabricator, fabulist, falser, gabber, grifter, guiler, liar, losenger, mocker, pseudologist, rook, Scandaroon, shammer, Spanish athlete, swindler, swike, treacher, trickster, trucker, wernard
- 3.
(informal)Anything fraudulent or fake.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(informal)To fake.
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Nguồn gốc từ
Of. Perhaps an alteration of fawny (gilt brass ring used by swindlers) (1781), from ga fáinne ring.