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What is the adjective for phoney?

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phony
  1. Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fake, bogus, counterfeit, false, sham, forged, imitation, phoney, spurious, artificial, mock, dummy, pseudo, ersatz, unauthentic, inauthentic, queer, faked, replica, snide, copied, reproduction, pirated, trick, feigned, quasi, copy, duplicate, copycat, falsified, simulated, not genuine, fraudulent, synthetic, pretend, substitute, manufactured, faux, imitative, so-called, cod, make-believe, factitious, mimic, dud, unreal, facsimile, pirate, man-made, invalid … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Then she found out his identification papers were fake, and then hers turned out to be phony, too.”
      “Political prisoners include those who were arrested on phony charges.”
      “If the debtor seems to be seeking to evade the debt with a phony excuse, be prepared to call the debtor on his or her actions.”
phoney
  1. Alternative form of phony, chiefly British.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fake, false, counterfeit, forged, bogus, sham, spurious, fraudulent, unauthentic, inauthentic, queer, snide, cod, pretend, trick, phony, so-called, make-believe, not genuine, imitation, mock, pseudo, ersatz, faked, dummy, simulated, pirate, pirated, copied, feigned, artificial, bootlegged, substitute, reproduction, ungenuine, pseud, falsified, synthetic, copy, duplicate, knock-off, replica, copycat, bootleg, plagiarised, stolen, plagiarized, not kosher, quasi, pretended … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Who could have failed to see that there were no manufacturer's name or address, or ingredients, or shelf-life on the packages of the phoney milk powder?”
      “Enter one woman, a stranger with a phoney smile, a promise with her eyes that she doesn't intend to keep, a nobody set to deceit and deceive!”
      “Some people are prepared to work long hours sourcing and selling fake Calvin Klein sweaters, phoney Gucci perfumes, or bogus Versace jeans.”
phonier
  1. comparative form of phony: more phony
  2. Synonyms:
      3. faker, falser, queerer, snider, tricker, more bogus, more sham, more spurious, more artificial, more ersatz, more unauthentic, more inauthentic, more copycat, more falsified, more fraudulent, more manufactured, more cod, more pirate, more fictitious, more made-up, more contrived, more synthetic, more trumped-up, more deceptive, more invented, more doctored, more misleading, more untrue, more ungenuine, more plagiarized, more invalid, more unoriginal, more crooked, more unreal, more specious, more supposititious, more adulterine, fishier … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Corny Collins, the dance-show host, should be good-looking in a phonier, slicker way than Steven Beckingham is here, for instance.”
      “Is an imitation Kardashian any phonier than the real?”
      “Even phonier is the suggestion that, by defending its reputation so vigorously, Oregon is somehow looking out for women on campus instead of its own self-interests.”
phoniest
  1. superlative form of phony: most phony
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fakest, falsest, queerest, snidest, trickest, most bogus, most sham, most spurious, most artificial, most ersatz, most unauthentic, most inauthentic, most copycat, most falsified, most fraudulent, most manufactured, most cod, most pirate, most fictitious, most made-up, most contrived, most synthetic, most trumped-up, most deceptive, most invented, most doctored, most misleading, most untrue, most ungenuine, most plagiarized, most invalid, most unoriginal, most crooked, most unreal, most supposititious, most specious, most adulterine, fishiest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I decided that once I was going phony, I would take the phoniest letter of all.”
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