Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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phony | Yes | Yes | No | No |
cheat | Yes | No | Yes | No |
phony (noun) | cheat (noun) |
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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 | a deception for profit to yourself |
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme | |
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | |
weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous | |
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat |
phony (adjective) | cheat (adjective) |
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fraudulent; having a misleading appearance |
phony (verb) | cheat (verb) |
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defeat someone through trickery or deceit | |
deprive somebody of something by deceit | |
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud | |
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage |