a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
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fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
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phoney \pho"ney\ (f[=o]"n[=e]), a. [Also spelled {phony}.] [Compar. {phonier}; superl. {phoniest}.] 1. imitating something superior; intended to deceive; fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; not genuine; counterfeit; fake; as, a phoney diamond; a phoney hundred-dollar bill.
Syn: bogus, counterfeit, fake. [PJC]
2. pretending to be other than one is; putting on false appearances; insincere; hypocritical; -- of people. [PJC]
phoney \pho"ney\ (f[=o]"n[=e]), n. something or someone that is phony. [Also spelled {phony}.] [PJC]
phony \pho"ny\ (f[=o]"n[=e]), a. [Also spelled {phoney}.] [Compar. {phonier}; superl. {phoniest}.] 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.
Syn: bogus, counterfeit, fake. [PJC]
2. pretending to be other than one is; putting on false appearances; insincere; hypocritical; -- of people. [PJC]
phony \pho"ny\ (f[=o]"n[=e]), n. something or someone that is phony. [Also spelled {phoney}.] [PJC]
This hammy and phoney mumbo-jumbo, out at the Corn Exchange, is proving one of this Edinburgh Festival's bigger hits.
In context of the events of the last nine months in the Middle East, it is all the easier to see Klinghoffer for what it is: hollow, pretentious, effete and phoney.
'Until now it has been something of a phoney war,' said Mr Potts at Banque Indosuez.
Anybody who knows me, or spends time with me, cannot believe that I am superficial, or phoney or dishonest or self-aggrandising.
A real war, not a phoney war on drugs.
He is due to be questioned today about alleged phoney property deals conducted by Cariplo's pension fund to benefit the Christian Democrat and Socialist parties.
Basket 'gardening' has spilt on to the streets in a style which belongs with that ultimate British phoney, the British pub. The Britain In Bloom Board goes solemnly round our townscapes, giving prizes to those which have done more than anyone else.