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- Dictionarysham/ʃam/
noun
- 1. a thing that is not what it is purported to be: "our current free health service is a sham"
- 2. short for pillow sham North American
adjective
- 1. bogus; false: "a clergyman who arranged a sham marriage"
verb
- 1. falsely present something as the truth: "was he ill or was he shamming?"
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The meaning of SHAM is a trick that deludes : hoax. How to use sham in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Sham.
something that is not what it seems to be and is intended to deceive people, or someone who pretends to be something they are not: It turned out that he wasn't a real doctor at all - he was just a sham. They claimed that the election had been fair, but really it was a sham. Synonyms.
something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax. Synonyms: pretense. a person who shams; shammer. a cover or the like for giving a thing a different outward appearance: a pillow sham.
sham in British English. (ʃæm) noun. 1. anything that is not what it purports or appears to be. 2. something false, fake, or fictitious that purports to be genuine. 3. a person who pretends to be something other than he or she is.
n. 1. anything that is not what it purports or appears to be. 2. something false, fake, or fictitious that purports to be genuine. 3. a person who pretends to be something other than he is. adj. counterfeit or false; simulated. vb, shams, shamming or shammed.
noun. a person who makes deceitful pretenses. synonyms:fake, faker, fraud, humbug, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, shammer. see moresee less. types: name dropper. someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends.
[countable, usually singular] a person who pretends to be something that they are not. The article exposes him for the sham that he really is. [uncountable] behaviour, feelings, words, etc. that are intended to make somebody/something seem to be better than they really are. Their promises turned out to be full of sham and hypocrisy.
Jun 30, 2024 · sham ( countable and uncountable, plural shams) A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine. The time-share deal was a sham. Trickery, hoaxing . A con-man must be skilled in the arts of sham and deceit. A false front, or removable ornamental covering. A decorative cover for a pillow.
something that is not what it seems to be and is intended to deceive people: Newspapers have described their marriage as a sham. (Definition of sham from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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