phony
/ˈfəʊni/adjective
उच्चारण फ़ोनी
नकली, जाली, बनावटी
Core wordPYP · asked 3 times
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as synonym
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informal, disapproving
not real or true; false, and trying to trick people
नकली, जाली, बनावटी
- a phony accent
- phony documents
- The police found a phony passport in his bag.
+ 2 more examples
- Her phony smile did not fool anyone.
- The company ran a phony charity to collect donations.
Synonyms fake false bogus counterfeit sham
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[C] informal
a person who pretends to be something they are not
धोखेबाज़, ढोंगी
- He is a complete phony.
- The minister's smile was phony and nobody trusted him.
- Don't trust him, he is a phony who boasts about people he has never met.
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- She called the speaker a phony after the talk.
- Nobody likes a phony who pretends to be rich.
Synonyms fraud impostor fake charlatan sham
Opposite genuine article
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
phony + noun
As an adjective it comes before a noun for something false that tries to look real, such as a phony smile or phony degree.
विशेषण के रूप में यह noun से पहले आकर नक़ली चीज़ का वर्णन करता है जो असली दिखने का प्रयास करे, जैसे phony smile।
- The police caught a man with a phony licence.
- She gave a phony excuse to avoid the meeting.
be phony (predicate)
After be, phony says that something or someone is not genuine. It is informal.
'Be' के बाद 'phony' बताता है कि कोई चीज़ या व्यक्ति असली नहीं है; यह informal शब्द है।
- His accent sounded phony to everyone in the room.
a phony (noun)
A phony is a person who pretends to be what they are not. The noun is informal and sometimes rude.
'A phony' ऐसा व्यक्ति है जो वैसा होने का दिखावा करे जैसा वह नहीं है; यह noun informal और कभी-कभी अशिष्ट है।
- Nobody trusted him because he was a phony.
phony vs phoney spelling
British writing prefers phoney, while phony is the American spelling and is also used in India. Both are acceptable in exams.
British लेखन में 'phoney' पसंद किया जाता है, जबकि 'phony' अमेरिकी वर्तनी है और भारत में भी प्रयुक्त होती है; परीक्षा में दोनों स्वीकार्य हैं।
- The phoney call was traced by the cyber cell.
+Collocations 4
phony + noun
smileexcusestorydegreecall
- He wore a phony smile when the officer arrived.
adverb + phony
totallyobviouslycompletelyratherslightly
- The offer sounded obviously phony to the villagers.
phony + document
certificatelicencepassportinvoicesignature
- The clerk was suspended for using a phony certificate.
verb + phony
soundseemlookfeelexpose as
- His story sounded phony from the very beginning.
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- The shopkeeper was arrested for selling phony medicines.
दुकानदार को नक़ली दवाइयाँ बेचने के आरोप में गिरफ़्तार किया गया।
- Radhika could tell from his phony laugh that he was lying.
राधिका उसकी बनावटी हँसी से समझ गई कि वह झूठ बोल रहा है।
- The customs officer found a phony passport in the bag.
सीमा शुल्क अधिकारी को बैग में नक़ली पासपोर्ट मिला।
- Do not trust phony offers that promise easy money.
आसान पैसे का वादा करने वाले झूठे प्रस्तावों पर भरोसा न करें।
- The phony doctor was caught treating patients without a degree.
नक़ली डॉक्टर बिना डिग्री के मरीज़ों का इलाज करते पकड़ा गया।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ I got a phony from a bank officer.
✓ I got a phone call from a bank officer.
Phony means fake; the device and call are phone.
'Phony' का अर्थ नक़ली है; यंत्र या कॉल के लिए 'phone' आता है।
✗ He sold a phony medicines to the villagers.
✓ He sold phony medicines to the villagers.
Do not use a before a plural noun.
Plural noun से पहले 'a' नहीं आता।
✗ Everyone laughed on his phony excuse.
✓ Everyone laughed at his phony excuse.
Laugh takes at when you mock something.
किसी का मज़ाक उड़ाने के अर्थ में 'laugh' के साथ 'at' आता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These words all describe something not genuine, but they differ in what they suggest.
ये शब्द नक़ली चीज़ का वर्णन करते हैं, पर इनके संकेत अलग-अलग हैं।
Not genuine and trying to trick people; informal.
असली नहीं और लोगों को धोखा देने का प्रयास करने वाला; informal।
- A phony call asked for his bank details.
Made to look like the real thing, usually of objects.
असली जैसा दिखने के लिए बनाया गया, प्रायः वस्तुओं के लिए।
- He bought a fake watch.
Not real and often fraudulent, used for offers, firms and claims.
असली नहीं और प्रायः धोखाधड़ी वाला, प्रस्तावों, कंपनियों और दावों के लिए।
- A bogus company cheated the students.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
Phony (American and British) or phoney (British), with ph- (not 'fony').
Phony (American और British) या phoney (British), ph- के साथ ('fony' गलत है)।
?Which word?
Keep the fake words together: phony and bogus (informal), fake, counterfeit (of money and goods), sham, spurious (false and not what it seems).
नकली के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: phony और bogus (अनौपचारिक), fake, counterfeit (पैसे और सामान का), sham, spurious (झूठा और जैसा दिखे वैसा नहीं)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A person who pretends to have skills he does not have is a charlatan or quack (in medicine).
ऐसे कौशल का दिखावा करने वाला जो उसके पास न हो charlatan या quack (चिकित्सा में)।