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Sham

Sham Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Sham? [n] something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be [n] a person who makes deceitful pretenses [adj] adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty" [v] make believe; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" [v] make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Sham: affect \| assume \| assumed \| counterfeit \| dissemble \| fake \| fake \| faker \| false \| feign \| feign \| fictitious \| fictive \| fraud \| imitative \| imposter \| impostor \| postiche \| pretend \| pretended \| pretender \| pseud \| pseudo \| put on \| role player \| shammer \| simulate Related Terms \| Find terms related to Sham: See Also \| act \| beguiler \| belie \| bull \| bullshit \| cheat \| cheater \| counterfeit \| deceiver \| dissemble \| fake \| fake book \| feint \| forgery \| imitation \| misrepresent \| mouth \| namedropper \| play \| play possum \| pretend \| ringer \| slicker \| take a dive \| trickster Sham In Webster's Dictionary \Sham\, n. [Originally the same word as shame, hence, a disgrace, a trick. See {Shame}, n.] 1. That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug. ``A mere sham.'' --Bp. Stillingfleet. Believe who will the solemn sham, not I. --Addison. 2. A false front, or removable ornamental covering. {Pillow sham}, a covering to be laid on a pillow. \Sham\, a. False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight. They scorned the sham independence proffered to them by the Athenians. --Jowett (Thucyd) \Sham\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shammed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shamming}.] 1. To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses. Fooled and shammed into a conviction. --L'Estrange. 2. To obtrude by fraud or imposition. [R.] We must have a care that we do not . . . sham fallacies upon the world for current reason. --L'Estrange. 3. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign. {To sham Abram} or {Abraham}, to feign sickness; to malinger. Hence a malingerer is called, in sailors' cant, Sham Abram, or Sham Abraham. \Sham\, v. i. To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose. Wondering . . . whether those who lectured him were such fools as they professed to be, or were only shamming. --Macaulay.

Sham Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sham?

[n] something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
[n] a person who makes deceitful pretenses
[adj] adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"
[v] make believe; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
[v] make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"

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Sham In Webster's Dictionary

\Sham\, n. [Originally the same word as shame, hence, a
disgrace, a trick. See {Shame}, n.]
1. That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or
   device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe;
   delusion; imposture, humbug. ``A mere sham.'' --Bp.
   Stillingfleet.

         Believe who will the solemn sham, not I. --Addison.

2. A false front, or removable ornamental covering.

{Pillow sham}, a covering to be laid on a pillow.


\Sham\, a.
False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham
fight.

      They scorned the sham independence proffered to them by
      the Athenians.                           --Jowett
                                               (Thucyd)


\Sham\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shammed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Shamming}.]
1. To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false
   pretenses.

         Fooled and shammed into a conviction. --L'Estrange.

2. To obtrude by fraud or imposition. [R.]

         We must have a care that we do not . . . sham
         fallacies upon the world for current reason.
                                               --L'Estrange.

3. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape;
   to feign.

{To sham Abram} or {Abraham}, to feign sickness; to malinger.
   Hence a malingerer is called, in sailors' cant, Sham
   Abram, or Sham Abraham.


\Sham\, v. i.
To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.

      Wondering . . . whether those who lectured him were
      such fools as they professed to be, or were only
      shamming.                                --Macaulay.

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