Synonyms for faux
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : foh |
| Phonetic Transcription : foÊŠ |
Top 10 synonyms for faux Other synonyms for the word faux
Définition of faux
Origin :- from French faux "false" (12c., see false). Used with English words at least since 1676 (Etheredge, faux-prude). Used by itself, with French pronunciation, from 1980s to mean "fake."
- adj artificial
- And had I committed a faux pas in refusing to deliver up the little bag?
- Extract from : « Against Odds » by Lawrence L. Lynch
- Your Grace saved me a faux pas there, for Montaiglon is not what I fancied at all.
- Extract from : « Doom Castle » by Neil Munro
- The truth is, I executed rather a faux pas over there at Asquith.
- Extract from : « The Celebrity, Complete » by Winston Churchill
- Concerning Bainbridge, consult Faux's Journal, ante, note 109.
- Extract from : « Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XII » by William Faux
- They made one faux pas, and it is upon that we may—if we are careful—get the better of them.
- Extract from : « Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo » by William Le Queux
- Was this candid young barbarian but a faux bonhomme after all?
- Extract from : « Madame de Mauves » by Henry James
- Even supposing that her brother has committed some faux pas?
- Extract from : « Of High Descent » by George Manville Fenn
- To stumble, make a faux pas, and fall into sin was not possible, because it was not allowed.
- Extract from : « Eyes Like the Sea » by Mr Jkai
- Amidon passed on, now fully aware of having committed a faux pas.
- Extract from : « Double Trouble » by Herbert Quick
- It was not till after he had made a faux pas, that he had his female mate.
- Extract from : « The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers » by Jonathan Swift
Antonyms for faux
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