TRUMPED-UP Synonyms

• fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

• so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly

• having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented

• represented as greater than is true or reasonable

• enlarged to an abnormal degree

• formed or conceived by the imagination

• something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

• a person who makes deceitful pretenses

• (football) a deceptive move made by a football player

• fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

• not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

• make a copy of with the intent to deceive

• tamper, with the purpose of deception

• speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths

• not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality

• in a disloyal and faithless manner

• arising from error

• erroneous and usually accidental

• deliberately deceptive

• inappropriate to reality or facts

• not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

• designed to deceive

• inaccurate in pitch

• adopted in order to deceive

• (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful

• produced in a large-scale industrial operation

• 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

• fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

• make a concoction (of) by mixing

• prepare or cook by mixing ingredients

• invent

• devise or invent

• come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

• concoct something artificial or untrue