sham 音标拼音: [ʃ'æm]
n . 假,赝品,骗子,哄骗
a . 假的,伪造的
vt . 假装,学样子
vi . 装假
假,赝品,骗子,哄骗假的,伪造的假装,学样子装假
sham adj 1 :
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 " [
synonym : {
assumed }, {
false },
{
fictitious }, {
fictive }, {
pretended }, {
put on }, {
sham }]
n 1 :
something that is a counterfeit ;
not what it seems to be [
synonym : {
fake }, {
sham }, {
postiche }]
2 :
a person who makes deceitful pretenses [
synonym : {
imposter },
{
impostor }, {
pretender }, {
fake }, {
faker }, {
fraud }, {
sham },
{
shammer }, {
pseudo }, {
pseud }, {
role player }]
v 1 :
make a pretence of ; "
She assumed indifference ,
even though she was seething with anger "; "
he feigned sleep " [
synonym :
{
simulate }, {
assume }, {
sham }, {
feign }]
2 :
make believe with the intent to deceive ; "
He feigned that he was ill "; "
He shammed a headache " [
synonym : {
feign }, {
sham },
{
pretend }, {
affect }, {
dissemble }]
Sham \
Sham \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Shammed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Shamming }.]
1 .
To trick ;
to cheat ;
to deceive or delude with false pretenses .
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Fooled and shammed into a conviction . --
L '
Estrange .
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2 .
To obtrude by fraud or imposition . [
R .]
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We must have a care that we do not . . .
sham fallacies upon the world for current reason .
--
L '
Estrange .
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3 .
To assume the manner and character of ;
to imitate ;
to ape ;
to feign .
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{
To sham Abram }
or {
To sham Abraham },
to feign sickness ;
to malinger .
Hence a malingerer is called ,
in sailors '
cant ,
Sham Abram ,
or Sham Abraham .
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Sham \
Sham \,
v .
i .
To make false pretenses ;
to deceive ;
to feign ;
to impose .
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Wondering . . .
whether those who lectured him were such fools as they professed to be ,
or were only shamming . --
Macaulay .
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Sham \
Sham \ (
sh [
a ^]
m ),
n . [
Originally the same word as shame ,
hence ,
a disgrace ,
a trick .
See {
Shame },
n .]
1 .
That which deceives expectation ;
any trick ,
fraud ,
or device that deludes and disappoints ;
a make -
believe ;
delusion ;
imposture ;
humbug . "
A mere sham ." --
Bp .
Stillingfleet .
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Believe who will the solemn sham ,
not I . --
Addison .
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2 .
A false front ,
or removable ornamental covering .
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{
Pillow sham },
a covering to be laid on a pillow .
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Sham \
Sham \,
a .
False ;
counterfeit ;
pretended ;
feigned ;
unreal ;
as ,
a sham fight .
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They scorned the sham independence proffered to them by the Athenians . --
Jowett (
Thucyd )
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279 Moby Thesaurus words for "
sham ":
Tartuffery ,
Tartuffism ,
act ,
act a part ,
acting ,
adulterated ,
affect ,
affectation ,
affected ,
affectedness ,
airs ,
airs and graces ,
alibi ,
ape ,
apocryphal ,
apology ,
appearance ,
artificial ,
artificiality ,
assume ,
assumed ,
attitudinizing ,
bastard ,
blagueur ,
blazon ,
blind ,
bluff ,
bluffer ,
bluffing ,
bogus ,
bravura ,
brilliancy ,
brummagem ,
burlesque ,
cant ,
caricature ,
charlatan ,
cheat ,
cheating ,
clinquant ,
cloak ,
color ,
colorable ,
colored ,
coloring ,
copy ,
counterfeit ,
counterfeited ,
cover ,
cover story ,
cover up ,
cover -
up ,
create ,
daring ,
dash ,
deceit ,
deception ,
delusion ,
demonstration ,
device ,
disguise ,
display ,
dissemblance ,
dissemble ,
dissembling ,
dissimulate ,
dissimulation ,
distorted ,
do a bit ,
dramatics ,
dramatize ,
dressed up ,
dummy ,
eclat ,
embellished ,
embroidered ,
ersatz ,
etalage ,
excuse ,
exhibition ,
exhibitionism ,
facade ,
face ,
factitious ,
fake ,
faked ,
fakement ,
faker ,
fakery ,
faking ,
false ,
false air ,
false front ,
false show ,
falsified ,
falsity ,
fanfaronade ,
farce ,
feign ,
feigned ,
feigned belief ,
feigning ,
feint ,
fictitious ,
fictive ,
figure ,
flair ,
flam ,
flaunt ,
flaunting ,
flourish ,
forged ,
forgery ,
four -
flush ,
four -
flushing ,
fourflusher ,
frame -
up ,
fraud ,
fraudulent ,
front ,
gammon ,
garbled ,
gilt ,
gloss ,
guise ,
handle ,
histrionics ,
histrionize ,
hoax ,
hokey ,
humbug ,
humbuggery ,
hypocrisy ,
hypocritical ,
hypocriticalness ,
illegitimate ,
image ,
imitate ,
imitation ,
impersonator ,
impostor ,
imposture ,
insincerity ,
invent ,
junk ,
junky ,
lame excuse ,
let on ,
let on like ,
lie ,
locus standi ,
made -
up ,
make a pretense ,
make as if ,
make believe ,
make like ,
make out like ,
make -
believe ,
malingerer ,
man -
made ,
manifestation ,
mannerism ,
mask ,
masquerade ,
mere show ,
meretriciousness ,
mislead ,
mock ,
mountebank ,
ostensible motive ,
ostentation ,
outward show ,
overact ,
pageant ,
pageantry ,
parade ,
paste ,
pecksniffery ,
perverted ,
pharisaicalness ,
pharisaism ,
phony ,
pinchbeck ,
plagiarized ,
plaster ,
play ,
play a part ,
play a scene ,
play possum ,
playact ,
playacting ,
poor excuse ,
pose ,
poser ,
poseur ,
posing ,
posture ,
pretend ,
pretended ,
pretender ,
pretense ,
pretension ,
pretext ,
profess ,
protestation ,
prunes and prisms ,
pseudo ,
public image ,
public motive ,
put on ,
put on airs ,
put -
off ,
put -
on ,
put -
up job ,
putting on airs ,
quack ,
quacksalver ,
quackster ,
quasi ,
queer ,
refuge ,
representation ,
ringer ,
rip -
off ,
saltimbanco ,
sanctimoniousness ,
sanctimony ,
screen ,
seeming ,
self -
styled ,
sell ,
semblance ,
shammer ,
shoddy ,
show ,
showing -
off ,
simulacrum ,
simulate ,
simulated ,
simulation ,
smoke screen ,
snide ,
so -
called ,
soi -
disant ,
speciousness ,
spectacle ,
splash ,
splurge ,
spoof ,
spurious ,
staginess ,
stalking -
horse ,
stratagem ,
stylishness ,
substitute ,
subterfuge ,
supposititious ,
swindle ,
synthetic ,
theatrics ,
tin ,
tinsel ,
titivated ,
travesty ,
trick ,
tug the heartstrings ,
twisted ,
unauthentic ,
ungenuine ,
unnatural ,
unnaturalness ,
unreal ,
varnish ,
vaunt ,
veil ,
warped ,
wear ,
whited sepulcher ,
window dressing
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SHAM Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of SHAM is a trick that deludes : hoax How to use sham in a sentence Synonym Discussion of Sham
SHAM Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com SHAM definition: something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax See examples of sham used in a sentence
SHAM definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary 5 meanings: 1 anything that is not what it purports or appears to be 2 something false, fake, or fictitious that purports to Click for more definitions
SHAM | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary SHAM definition: 1 something that is not what it seems to be and is intended to deceive people, or someone who… Learn more
SHAM Synonyms: 253 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster Synonyms for SHAM: faux, fake, synthetic, simulated, dummy, artificial, false, imitation; Antonyms of SHAM: real, genuine, natural, true, legitimate, authentic, bona
SHAM | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary SHAM meaning: 1 something that is not what it seems to be and is intended to deceive people, or someone who… Learn more
sham, n. ¹ adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary There are 16 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word sham, six of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
Sham Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary 3 sham ˈ ʃæm verb shams; shammed; shamming Britannica Dictionary definition of SHAM : to act in a way that is meant to trick or deceive people
Sham - definition of sham by The Free Dictionary Define sham sham synonyms, sham pronunciation, sham translation, English dictionary definition of sham n 1 a Something false or empty that is purported to be genuine: "Because she had been so readily unfaithful, her marriage was a sham" b
Sham - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com A sham is a fake If you frequently order products advertised on late-night, hour-long television commercials, you’ve probably ended up with at least one item that was a sham All-purpose, industrial strength stain remover, anyone?