Associations to the word «Phoney»

Wiktionary

PHONEY, adjective. Alternative form of phony
PHONEY, noun. Alternative form of phony
PHONEY WAR, proper noun. During World War Two, the period of limited military activity from the outbreak of hostilities until the fall of France.

Dictionary definition

PHONEY, noun. A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives.
PHONEY, adjective. Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King