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phony
UK
/ˈfəʊni/
US
/ˈfoʊni/
Translations
phonies
pl
UK
/ˈfəʊni/
US
/ˈfoʊni/
The phony tried to sell us a fake painting.
Обманщик пытался продать нам поддельную картину.
The artifact turned out to be a phony.
Артефакт оказался фальшивкой.
He is such a phony, pretending to care about the environment.
Он такой лицемер, притворяясь, что заботится об окружающей среде.
Additional translations
phonier
Comp.
phoniest
Super.
UK
/ˈfəʊni/
US
/ˈfoʊni/
He gave a phony excuse for being late.
Он дал фальшивое оправдание за опоздание.
She wore a phony smile during the entire meeting.
Она носила липовую улыбку на протяжении всей встречи.
The document turned out to be phony.
Документ оказался поддельным.
Additional translations
phonied
Past Simple
phonied
Past Participle
phonying
Gerund
UK
/ˈfəʊni/
US
/ˈfoʊni/
Transitive verb, often used with the particle ‘up’, meaning to falsify or counterfeit.
Definitions
Everyone thought he was a successful businessman, but he turned out to be a phony.
The painting was a phony, not an original masterpiece as claimed.
She gave a phony smile to hide her true feelings.
The phony advertisement promised results that were too good to be true.
His phony enthusiasm fooled no one.
They tried to phony up the results of the experiment.