phoney
/ˈfəʊni/adjective
उच्चारण फ़ोनी
नकली, झूठा, दिखावटी
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as idiom
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informal, disapproving
not real or true; false, and trying to trick people
नकली, झूठा, दिखावटी
- He gave the police a phoney address.
- Her concern for the poor seemed phoney.
- The police found a phoney passport in his bag.
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- Her smile looked phoney, and nobody believed it.
- He sold phoney tickets outside the stadium before the match.
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[C] informal, disapproving
a person who pretends to be something they are not; a thing that is not real
ढोंगी, पाखंडी, नकली चीज़
- Everyone soon realised he was a phoney.
- The so-called investor turned out to be a phoney with no money at all.
- The man who claimed to be a doctor was a phoney.
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- I felt like a phoney when I pretended to enjoy the opera.
- Reporters exposed the astrologer as a phoney.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
phoney (adjective) + noun
Phoney describes something false that is meant to deceive; it usually comes before the noun and carries a negative tone.
'Phoney' उस चीज़ का वर्णन करता है जो नकली है और धोखा देने के लिए बनी है; यह प्रायः noun से पहले आता है और इसमें नकारात्मक भाव होता है।
- The police found a phoney passport in his bag.
- She gave a phoney excuse for being late.
be phoney (predicative)
After a linking verb it describes a person or thing as insincere or fake.
Linking verb के बाद यह किसी व्यक्ति या वस्तु को दिखावटी या नकली बताता है।
- His accent sounds phoney to me.
- I think the whole offer is phoney.
a phoney (noun)
As a noun, a phoney is a person who pretends to be what he or she is not. It is countable and informal.
Noun के रूप में 'a phoney' वह व्यक्ति है जो वह होने का दिखावा करता है जो वह नहीं है। यह countable और informal है।
- He turned out to be a complete phoney.
phoney / phony spelling
British English prefers phoney; American English prefers phony. Both are correct, so keep one spelling in a piece of writing.
British English में 'phoney' और American English में 'phony' अधिक प्रचलित है। दोनों सही हैं, इसलिए एक लेख में एक ही वर्तनी रखें।
- The phoney call was traced to a prepaid number.
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phoney + noun
excuseaccentsmilepassportname
- He gave a phoney name at the hotel desk.
verb + phoney
soundlookseemfeelturn out
- The advertisement seems phoney to most customers.
phoney + scheme / claim
claimofferIDdegreeinsurance
- Many young people have lost money to phoney job offers.
adverb + phoney
totallyobviouslycompletelyslightly
- The story was obviously phoney.
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- The shopkeeper was arrested for selling phoney branded shoes.
दुकानदार को नकली ब्रांडेड जूते बेचने के आरोप में गिरफ़्तार किया गया।
- Radhika could tell that his friendliness was phoney.
राधिका समझ गई कि उसकी मित्रता दिखावटी थी।
- The police warned the public about phoney messages asking for bank details.
पुलिस ने जनता को बैंक विवरण माँगने वाले नकली संदेशों के प्रति सचेत किया।
- He was a phoney who lied about his marks.
वह ढोंगी था जिसने अपने अंकों के बारे में झूठ बोला।
- Her laugh sounded phoney in the quiet room.
शांत कमरे में उसकी हँसी बनावटी लग रही थी।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
All describe something not genuine, but the tone and the use differ.
तीनों का अर्थ असली न होना है, पर लहजे और प्रयोग में अंतर है।
Informal; stresses pretence and insincerity in people or things.
Informal; लोगों या वस्तुओं में दिखावे और बनावटीपन पर बल देता है।
- His concern was phoney.
A copy made to look real, often an object or document.
असली जैसा दिखने के लिए बनाई गई नक़ल, प्रायः वस्तु या दस्तावेज़।
- The fake note was easy to spot.
Formal; used for copied money, goods or documents made illegally.
Formal; अवैध रूप से बनाए गए नकली धन, माल या दस्तावेज़ों के लिए।
- Counterfeit notes were seized.
¶Idioms 1
(as) phoney as a three-dollar bill / as phony as a three-dollar bill
completely false or not genuine
पूरी तरह नक़ली, सरासर झूठा
- His story about meeting the minister was as phoney as a three-dollar bill.
- That 'designer' watch is as phony as a three-dollar bill.