trumped-up

1. 1.

   concocted with intent to deceive

   “trumped-up charges”

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Questions about trumped-up

What does trumped-up mean?

trumped-up means "concocted with intent to deceive".

How many syllables are in trumped-up?

trumped-up has 3 syllables and divides as trum-pe-d-up under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is trumped-up a common word?

trumped-up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.