bogus
bo·gus
(bō′gəs)adj.
1. Counterfeit or fake; not genuine: bogus money; bogus tasks.
2. Slang Not conforming with what one would hope to be the case; disappointing or unfair: It's bogus that you got to go to the party, and I had to stay home.
interj. Slang
Used to indicate disagreement or displeasure with another's actions or a circumstance.
[From obsolete bogus, a device for making counterfeit money.]
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bogus
(ˈbəʊɡəs)adj
spurious or counterfeit; not genuine: a bogus note.
[C19: from bogus apparatus for making counterfeit money; perhaps related to bogey1]
ˈbogusly adv
ˈbogusness n
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bo•gus
(ˈboʊ gəs)adj.
not genuine; counterfeit; phony.
[1825–30, Amer.; orig. an apparatus for coining false money; perhaps akin to bogy1]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Adj. | 1. | bogus - fraudulent; having a misleading appearance counterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince" |
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bogus
adjective fake, false, artificial, forged, dummy, imitation, sham, fraudulent, pseudo (informal), counterfeit, spurious, ersatz, phoney or phony (informal) bogus insurance claims
real, true, actual, genuine, authentic, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal)
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bogus
adjectiveFraudulently or deceptively imitative:
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Translations
falešný
falskuægte
óekta, falskur
fiktyvus
fiktīvsneīstsviltots
nepraviponarejen
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bogus
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bogus
[ˈbəʊgəs] adj (jewels, claim) → falso/a, fasullo/a; (person, attitude) → finto/a
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bogus
(ˈbəugəs) adjectivefalse; not genuine. She was fooled by his bogus identity card.
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bogus
a. falso-a; podrido-a.
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