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Phony   Listen
adjective
phony  adj.  (compar. phonier; superl. phoniest)  (Also spelled phoney)  
1.
Imitating something superior; intended to deceive; fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; not genuine; counterfeit; fake; as, a phony diamond; a phony hundred-dollar bill.
Synonyms: phoney, bogus, counterfeit, fake.
2.
Pretending to be other than one is; putting on false appearances; insincere; hypocritical; of people.





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Words linked to "Phony" :   slicker, Tartufe, cheat, sweet talker, bogus, dissimulator, pretender, smoothie, hypocrite, fake, whited sepulchre, dissembler, beguiler, smoothy, Tartuffe, bastard, cheater, imitative, counterfeit


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