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cooked-up

ADJECTIVE

false

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bogus deceitful dishonest distorted erroneous fake fanciful faulty fictitious fraudulent improper inaccurate incorrect invalid misleading mistaken phony specious spurious unfounded unreal untrue untruthful

WEAK

apocryphal beguiling casuistic concocted contrary to fact counterfactual deceiving delusive ersatz fallacious fishy illusive imaginary inexact lying mendacious misrepresentative off the mark sham sophistical trumped-up unsound

Antonyms

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accurate authentic correct fair faithful frank genuine honest moral open proven real right sincere sound true trustworthy truthful valid

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actual factual just known precise reliable straight substantiated

ADJECTIVE

fictitious

Synonyms

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apocryphal bogus counterfeit fabricated false fanciful fictional imaginary make believe misleading mythical phony sham spurious

WEAK

artificial assumed chimerical concocted created deceptive delusive delusory dishonest ersatz factitious fake faked fantastic fashioned feigned fictive figmental hyped-up illusory imagined improvised invented made mock romantic simulated suppositious supposititious synthetic trumped-up unreal

Antonyms

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authentic factual genuine honest real sincere true truthful

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actual certain confirmed proven sure

ADJECTIVE

framed

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STRONG

faked fixed planted

WEAK

set up trumped-up

ADJECTIVE

invented

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assumed created fabricated fanciful fictional imaginary imagined made-up simulated unreal

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concocted counterfeit fake faked fashioned feigned improvised made misleading mock sham

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apocryphal artificial bogus chimerical deceptive delusive delusory dishonest ersatz factitious false fantastic fantastical fictive figmental hyped-up illusory make believe mythical phony romantic spurious suppositious supposititious synthetic trumped-up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

genuine real true

STRONG

truthful

ADJECTIVE

trumped-up

Synonyms

WEAK

bogus concocted deceitful devised dishonest fabricated fake false falsified fictitious fishy framed fraudulent imaginary incorrect invalid invented lying made up misleading phony sham unfounded unsound untrue

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While Marissa and Peter pivot between rage and not-quite-mourning, and other characters are perpetrating cooked-up complications to the story, Alcaras conducts an investigation that is so commonsensical it defies the rules of crime fiction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

The lawsuit lists a series of meetings and messages in which the clinic attempted to address the state’s cooked-up licensing concerns, to no avail.

From Washington Times • May 29, 2019

On the way, he asked for $200, telling a cooked-up story about a friend with a broken-down car.

From New York Times • May 25, 2018

A statement on the group's website, which is blocked in China, appeals for international help for Wu, saying that he is a purely religious figure facing cooked-up accusations.

From Reuters • Jul. 16, 2015

Suppose, after all, this is a bit of a trick, a cooked-up lie to cheat us.”

From Fitz the Filibuster by Piffard, Harold

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