Sham - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses (syn: fake, faker, fraud, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, shammer)
verb
- make believe with the intent to deceive (syn: affect, dissemble, feign, pretend)
adjective
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
I/you/we/they: sham
he/she/it: shams
present participle: shamming
past tense: shammed
past participle: shammed
singular: sham
plural: shams
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