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 [ʃæm]

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, shammed

to falsely assume the appearance of (something); counterfeit to sham illness

[perhaps a Northern English dialect variant of shame]

shammer  n

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

fraud, imitation, hoax, pretence, forgery, counterfeit, pretender, humbug, impostor, feint, pseud (informal), wolf in sheep's clothing, imposture, phoney or phony (informal) Their promises were exposed as a hollow sham.
fraud original, the real thing, the genuine article, the real McCoy (or McKay)

adjective

false, artificial, bogus, pretended, mock, synthetic, imitation, simulated, pseudo (informal), counterfeit, feigned, spurious, ersatz, pseud (informal), phoney or phony (informal) a sham marriage
false real, genuine, authentic, sound, true, natural, legitimate, veritable, bona fide, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal), unfeigned

Translations

sham [ʃæm]

A. ADJ → falso, fingido

B. N

1. (= imposture) → farsa f
it was all a sham → fue una farsa, fue pura pantalla(Mex)

2. (= person) → impostor/a m/f

C. VT → fingir, simular
to sham illness → fingirse enfermo

D. VI → fingir, fingirse
he's just shamming → lo está fingiendo

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sham [ˈʃæm]

n

(= thing that is not genuine) → simulacre m
Their independence is a sham → Leur autonomie n'est qu'un simulacre.
They have denounced this election as a sham → Ils ont qualifié ces élections de simulacre.

(= imposter) → imposteur m

adj [illness] → feint(e), simulé(e); [love, friendship] → faux*(fausse)
sham marriage → simulacre m de mariage

vt [+ illness, love] → feindre, simuler

vi → faire semblant
He's shamming → Il fait semblant.

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sham

n

(= pretence) → Heuchelei f; he’s not really sorry, it’s all a big sham → es tut ihm nicht wirklich leid, er heuchelt nur or das ist geheuchelt; their marriage had become a sham → ihre Ehe war zur Farce geworden or bestand nur noch zum Schein; his life seemed a sham → sein Leben erschien ihm als Lug und Trug; this diamond is a sham → dieser Diamant ist nicht echt

(= person) → Scharlatan m; you don’t really feel anything, you big sham! → du empfindest überhaupt nichts, du Heuchler!

adj diamonds, oak etc → unecht, imitiert; politeness etc → vorgetäuscht, geheuchelt; person → betrügerisch; a sham marriage → eine Scheinehe; a sham deal → ein Scheingeschäft nt; a sham battle → ein Scheingefecht nt

vt → vortäuschen, vorgeben; illness also → simulieren; emotions, sympathy → heucheln

vi → so tun; (esp with illness) → simulieren; (with feelings) → heucheln; he’s just shamming → er tut nur so

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sham [ʃæm]

1. adj (piety) → falso/a; (politeness) → finto/a; (elections) → fasullo/a; (battle, illness) → simulato/a

2. n

a. (imposture) → messinscena, finta

b. (person) → ciarlatano/a, impostore m

3. vt → fingere, simulare
to sham illness → fingersi malato/a

4. vi → fingere, far finta
he's just shamming → fa solo finta

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sham [ʃæm]

1. adj (piety) → falso/a; (politeness) → finto/a; (elections) → fasullo/a; (battle, illness) → simulato/a

2. n

a. (imposture) → messinscena, finta

b. (person) → ciarlatano/a, impostore m

3. vt → fingere, simulare
to sham illness → fingersi malato/a

4. vi → fingere, far finta
he's just shamming → fa solo finta

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sham

n sham [ʃӕm]

something that is pretended, not genuine The whole trial was a sham. skyn رياء، تَصَنُّع، تَمْويه преструвка podvod humbug die Täuschung απάτη, ψέμα farsa, simulacro pettus ساختگي huijaus imposture; imitation מְזוּיָף कपट, ढोंग varka, prijevara csalás kepura-puraan uppgerð, látalæti finzione 見せかけ 허위, 위선 apgaulė izlikšanās; viltojums; blēdība kepura-puraan veinzerij juks, spill, bedrageri lipa farsa impos­tură; imitaţie притворство; подделка podvod prevara prevara humbug, bluff การปลอมแปลง taklit, göz boyama 騙局，虛假 удавання; прикидання دکھاوا sự giả bộ 哄骗

adj

pretended, artificial or false a sham fight; Are those diamonds real or sham? nagemaak زائِف، مُقَلَّد престорен předstíraný; falešný skin- vorgetäuscht,unecht ψεύτικος,στημένος falso, simulado, fingido teeseldud, võlts- بدلي teko-, väärennetty faux מְזוּיָף कृत्रिम lažan, patvoren hamis pura-pura fölsun, eftirlíking falso 見せかけの 허위의, 가짜의 dirbtinis, padirbtas mācību-; mākslīgs; neīsts; viltots palsu schijn{#169} jukse-, liksom- lipny falso fals поддельный, фальшивый predstieraný; falošný hlinjen, ponarejen, umeten lažni låtsad, oäkta, falsk ปลอม taklit, sahte 虛偽的，造假的 фальшивий; підроблений تماشا، جھوٹ giả vờ, giả bộ 假的

v – past tense, past participle shammed –

to pretend (to be in some state) He shammed sleep/anger; He shammed dead; I think she's only shamming. veins يَتَظاهَر، يَدَّعي преструвам се předstírat foregive; lade som om vortäuschen προσποιούμαι, καμώνομαι fingir, simular teesklema ظاهرسازي كردن teeskennellä faire semblant (de) לְהַעֲמִיד פָּנִים दिखावा करना, ढोंग करना hiniti, pretvarati se tettet, színlel berpura-pura látast fingere, fare finta ～のふりをする 가장하다 apsimesti, apsimetinėti simulēt; izlikties berpura-pura veinzen spille, late som udawać fingir a se preface (că) притворяться, симулировать predstierať hliniti pretvarati se simulera, låtsas เลียนแบบ yalandan...-mak 假裝 прикидатися, удавати سوانگ بھرنا giả mạo 假装