Sham - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ʃæm|  American pronunciation of the word sham
Brit.  |ʃæm|  British pronunciation of the word sham

noun

- something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be (syn: fake, postiche)
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses (syn: fake, faker, fraud, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, shammer)

verb

- make a pretence of (syn: assume, feign, simulate)
- make believe with the intent to deceive (syn: affect, dissemble, feign, pretend)
He shammed a headache

adjective

- adopted in order to deceive (syn: assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on)
sham modesty

Extra examples

He claims that the trial was a sham.

Their marriage was a sham.

Many people believed he could help them, but I knew he was a sham.

She exposed their sham and hypocrisy.

...a sofa upholstered in sham leather...

...street vendors selling sham designer handbags to gullible tourists...

She wasn't really hurt; she was only shamming.

He was shamming illness to avoid work.

The elections were a complete sham.

It all turned out to be sham and hypocrisy.

She's not ill, she's only shamming.

What did you sham dead for?

He shammed a headache

If there's danger, the animal will sham dead.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: sham
he/she/it: shams
present participle: shamming
past tense: shammed
past participle: shammed
noun
singular: sham
plural: shams
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