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adjective false

  • ersatz — (of a product) Made or used as a substitute, typically an inferior one, for something else.
  • coloured — Something that is coloured a particular colour is that colour.
  • hypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
  • deluding — Present participle of delude.
  • dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.

adj false

  • made-up — concocted; falsely fabricated or invented: a made-up story.
  • make-believe — pretense, especially of an innocent or playful kind; feigning; sham: the make-believe of children playing.
  • manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • meretricious — alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
  • mock — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
  • ostensible — outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
  • pretended — Informal. make-believe; simulated; counterfeit: pretend diamonds.
  • pseudo — not actually but having the appearance of; pretended; false or spurious; sham.
  • seeming — apparent; appearing, whether truly or falsely, to be as specified: a seeming advantage.
  • shady — abounding in shade; shaded: shady paths.
  • simulated — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
  • snide — derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner: snide remarks about his boss.
  • so-called — called or designated thus: the so-called Southern bloc.
  • substitute — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
  • synthetic — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
  • alloyed — a substance composed of two or more metals, or of a metal or metals with a nonmetal, intimately mixed, as by fusion or electrodeposition.
  • brummagem — something that is cheap and flashy, esp imitation jewellery
  • copied — an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original: a copy of a famous painting.
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