Phony-baloney
Phony-baloney adjective - Not being or expressing what one appears to be or express.
Usage example: if you believe the company's phony-baloney press releases, it's in business solely for the benefit of mankind
Strained and phony-baloney are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Strained" instead an adjective phrase "Phony-baloney".
Strained
Strained adjective - Lacking in natural or spontaneous quality.
Phony-baloney and strained are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Phony-baloney" instead an adjective "Strained".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- affected and phony-baloney
- affected and strained
- artificial and phony-baloney
- artificial and strained
- fake and phony-baloney
- fake and strained
- phony and phony-baloney
- phony and strained
- unnatural and phony-baloney
- unnatural and strained
- contrived and phony-baloney
- contrived and strained
- false and phony-baloney
- false and strained
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