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Words related to phony
pho·ny
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phony disease
a disease of peaches, characterized by dwarfing, dark-green leaves, premature leafing and flowering, and the production of reduced numbers of small fruit, caused by a virus, Nanus mirabilis. -
bunyip
a legendary monster said to inhabit swamps and lagoons of the Australian interior -
charlatan
You describe someone as a charlatan when they pretend to have skills or knowledge that they do not really possess. -
dramatics
(used with a singular or plural verb) the art of producing or acting dramas. -
hoke
to alter or manipulate so as to give a deceptively or superficially improved quality or value (usually followed by up): a political speech hoked up with phony statistics. -
mountebank
A person who deceives others, especially in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan.