fakey
fakey adjective: fake. Also the alternative form of fakie.
Adjective
fakey (comparative more fakey, superlative most fakey)
- Fake.
- We do many before and afters at Cosmo with models (who don't look all that great before the makeup, incidentally) and civilians, and none of them ever continues to do the “after” makeup on a regular basis. Too much work, too fakey and, if you’ve pulled all the stops out every day, where would be...1993, Helen Gurley Brown, The Late Show: A Semiwild but Practical Survival Plan for Women over 50, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 103
- It is easy to dislike many of the later videos: even as early as the late ’80s, the kind of drama he puts onto screen often looks fakey, and isn’t always rescued by his skill as a performer.2009 June 27, Alastair Macaulay, “His Moves Expressed as Much as His Music”, in New York Times
Also used as
fakey is also the alternative form of fakie.
Forms of fakey
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more fakey |
| superlative | most fakey |
| alternative form | faky |
| Noun | |
| plural | fakeys |
Origin of fakey
From fake + -y.
Words formed from fakey
Words that rhyme with fakey
Questions about fakey
- What does fakey mean?
- Fakey means fake.
- What part of speech is fakey?
- Fakey is an adjective.
Words near fakey in the dictionary
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