sham

sham  (shm)

n.

1. Something false or empty that is purported to be genuine; a spurious imitation.

2. The quality of deceitfulness; empty pretense.

3. One who assumes a false character; an impostor: "He a man! Hell! He was a hollow sham!" Joseph Conrad.

4. A decorative cover made to simulate an article of household linen and used over or in place of it: a pillow sham.

adj.

Not genuine; fake: sham diamonds; sham modesty.

v. shammed, sham·ming, shams

v.tr.

To put on the false appearance of; feign: "shamming insanity to get his tormentors to leave him alone" John Wain.

v.intr.

To assume a false appearance or character; dissemble.

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[Perhaps dialectal variant of shame.]

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shammer n.

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sham

Noun

1. anything that is not genuine or is not what it appears to be

2. a person who pretends to be something other than he or she is

Adjective

not real or genuine

Verb

[shamming, shammed]

to fake or feign (something); pretend: he made a point of shamming nervousness [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sham - something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be fake, postiche fake book - a fake in the form of an imitation book; used to fill bookcases of people who wish to appear scholarly imitation - something copied or derived from an original Potemkin village - something that seems impressive but in fact lacks substance
	2.	sham - a person who makes deceitful pretenses faker, imposter, impostor, pseud, pseudo, role player, shammer, pretender, fraud, fake beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true name dropper - someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends ringer - a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
Verb	1.	sham - make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" feign, simulate, assume pretend, dissemble, act - behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting" play - pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity; "Let's play like I am mommy"; "Play cowboy and Indians" feint - deceive by a mock action; "The midfielder feinted to shoot"
	2.	sham - make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" dissemble, feign, pretend, affect misrepresent, belie - represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions" make believe, pretend, make - represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress" play possum - to pretend to be dead take a dive - pretend to be knocked out, as of a boxer bullshit, talk through one's hat, bull, fake - speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it" mouth - articulate silently; form words with the lips only; "She mouthed a swear word"
Adj.	1.	sham - 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" assumed, fictive, pretended, put on, fictitious, false counterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"

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sham

noun 1. fraud, imitation, hoax, pretence, forgery, counterfeit, pretender, humbug, impostor, feint, pseud (informal) wolf in sheep's clothing, imposture, phoney or phony (informal) << OPPOSITE the real thing

adjective 2. false, artificial, bogus, pretended, mock, synthetic, imitation, simulated, pseudo (informal) counterfeit, feigned, spurious, ersatz, pseud (informal) phoney or phony (informal) << OPPOSITE real

Translations

sham [ʃæm] n → fraude m; engaño

adj → falso, fingido

vt → fingir, simular

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sham [ʃæm] n → frime f (= jewellery, furniture); imitation f

adj → feint(e) → simulé(e)

vt → feindre, simuler

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sham [ʃæm] n → Heuchelei f;

(person) → Heuchler(in) m(f);

(object) → Attrappe f

adj → unecht;

(fight) → Schein-

vt → vortäuschen

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sham [ʃæm] n → finzione f; messinscena (= jewellery, furniture); imitazione f

adj → finto/a

vt → fingere, simulare