āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
phony
01
āĻāĻžāĻ˛, āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āĻ¯āĻž
not based on honesty or truth and intended to mislead others
Dialect
American
American
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The phony diploma from a diploma mill was quickly identified as fraudulent by the employer.
āĻĄāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻĄāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻžāĻŽā§āĻ˛āĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
01
āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ, āĻāĻĒāĻ
a person who is insincere or pretends to be something they are not
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Everyone saw through the phony pretending to be rich.
āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ§āĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
