1. phoney - Noun
2. phoney - Adjective
3. phoney - Verb
4. phoney - Adjective Satellite
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
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
Source: WordNetA lot of American actors when they do Shakespeare put on a phoney English accent and it drives me crazy. You're always fighting against the idea that only the British know how to do Shakespeare. Ethan Hawke
Hippies are so phoney and fake. George Harrison
The phoney [sic] electoral college made a laughing stock out of our nation. The loser one! Donald Trump
I hate the uneducated and the ignorant. I hate the pompous and the phoney. I hate the jealous and the resentful. I hate the crabbed and mean and the petty. I hate all ordinary dull little people who aren't ashamed of being dull and little. John Fowles
A man who won't demean himself for a dollar is a phoney to my way of thinking. Nelson Algren
Oh, I can spot a phoney a mile away. Dolly Parton