sham in English

noun

1

a thing that is not what it is purported to be.

the proposed legislation is a farce and a sham

adjective

1

bogus; false.

a clergyman who arranged a sham marriage

synonyms: fake, pretended, feigned, simulated, false, artificial, bogus, insincere, contrived, affected, make-believe, fictitious, imitation, mock, counterfeit, fraudulent, pretend, put-on, phony, pseudo

verb

1

falsely present something as the truth.

was he ill or was he shamming?

noun

pretense, fake, act, fiction, simulation, fraud, feint, lie, counterfeit, humbug
charlatan, fake, fraud, impostor, pretender, quack, mountebank, phony
fraud, fake, faker, role player, pseud, pretender, imposter, shammer, pseudo, impostor
fake, postiche

adjective

fake, false
fake, pretended, feigned, simulated, false, artificial, bogus, insincere, contrived, affected, make-believe, fictitious, imitation, mock, counterfeit, fraudulent, pretend, put-on, phony, pseudo
false, pretended, fictive, put on, fictitious, assumed

verb

assume, affect
assume, feign, simulate
affect, dissemble, feign, pretend

Use "sham" in a sentence

1. The whole exercise is a sham.

2. There are three kinds of patriotism, genuine patriotism, sham patriotism, and half - genuine and half - sham, vacillating, patriotism.

3. He was a sham and a liar.

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6. Its patrician dignity was a picturesque sham.

7. Perhaps give the identity attestation, in case sham.

8. It all turned out to be sham and hypocrisy.

9. They made a fortune through some sham property deal.

10. Hutton was exposed as the sham that he was.

11. 24 I'm a blunt straightforward man; I hate sham.

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13. The government's promises were exposed as a hollow sham.

14. The competition has been exposed as a complete sham.

15. Zero is not God's church, it's just a sham!

16. These adjectives mean free from guile, cunning, or sham.

17. Is the notion of an independent judiciary a sham?

18. During yesterday's sham battle, party A fired a dud.

19. 10 Is the notion of an independent judiciary a sham?

20. So I assume Emily's whole divorce story was a sham?

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22. Our dog will sham lameness if he wants to be picked up.

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24. In contrast, none of chickens in a sham operation deeloped scoliosis.

25. Results: Androgenized SHAM rats exhibited a higher total, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, TyG index (an insulin resistance marker), and increased TOS, FRAP, and albumin in comparison with control SHAM rats

26. (Matthew 6:1) But all of this was a sham, “a mock humility.”

27. Blinding is facilitated by the use of placebo treatments or sham procedures

28. She claims to know all about computers but really she's a sham.

29. These immigrants entered into sham marriages just to stay in the country.

30. Of sham Apparitions, and Apparitions which have been the effect of fraud - 343 Chap

31. It was an open secret that the marriage had become a complete sham, Watson.

32. Results: Androgenized SHAM rats exhibited a higher total, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, TyG index (an insulin resistance marker), and increased TOS, FRAP, and albumin in comparison with control SHAM rats

33. 24 synonyms for Assumed: false, affected, made-up, pretended, fake, imitation, bogus, simulated, sham

34. Our so-called democracy is a complete sham and an insult to the electorate.

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36. To crush the sham of life with gun To annotate the essence of life with friendship!

37. Barmecide feast a sham banquet, with empty plates, given to a beggar by wealthy Bagdad nobleman

38. Barmecide definition: lavish or plentiful in imagination only; illusory ; sham Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

39. Synonyms for Assumed include fake, false, pretended, affected, bogus, feigned, sham, spurious, counterfeit and fictitious

40. HOW I HAVE BENEFITED: I have escaped from a world of sham happiness and treacherous associates.

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42. 6 The operation The rat with sham operation without the spinal hemisection were taken as normal control.

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45. 77 synonyms for Cant: hypocrisy, pretence, lip service, humbug, insincerity, pretentiousness, sanctimoniousness, pious platitudes, affected piety, sham holiness

46. The suit said Streich Lang allowed Western to engage in sham real-estate deals that recorded bogus profits.

47. 16 That's an old sham , thousands of such tricks are put upon the poor women every day.

48. Trump repeatedly Assails the proceedings as a “hoax” and a “sham” and says he did nothing wrong

49. 11 Nevertheless, this sham humility added seeming credibility to an otherwise absurd practice —the “worship of the angels.”

50. This led some in the liberal media to marginalize the entire Tea Party phenomenon as an " astroturfing" sham.