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sham


I - noun
1. something that is a counterfeit;
not what it seems to be (Freq. 2)
Syn:
fake, postiche
Derivationally related forms:
fake (for: fake)
Hypernyms:
imitation
Hyponyms:
fake book, Potemkin village
2. a person who makes deceitful pretenses
Syn:
imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker,
fraud, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player
Derivationally related forms:
sham (for: shammer), fake (for: faker), fake (for: fake), pretend (for: pretender)
Hypernyms:
deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
Hyponyms:
name dropper, ringer

II - verb
1. make believe with the intent to deceive
- He feigned that he was ill
- He shammed a headache
Syn:
feign, pretend, affect, dissemble
Derivationally related forms:
dissembler (for: dissemble), dissembling (for: dissemble), pretender (for: pretend), pretense (for: pretend), pretending (for: pretend), shammer, feigning (for: feign)
Hypernyms:
misrepresent, belie
Hyponyms:
play possum, take a dive, talk through one's hat, bullshit, bull,
fake, mouth
Verb Group:
make, pretend, make believe
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
2. make a pretence of
- She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger
- he feigned sleep
Syn:
simulate, assume, feign
Derivationally related forms:
feigning (for: feign), shammer, simulation (for: simulate)
Hypernyms:
dissemble, pretend, act
Hyponyms:
play, feint
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

III - adjective
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
Syn:
assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on
Similar to:
counterfeit, imitative
Derivationally related forms:
fiction (for: fictitious), falseness (for: false)

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