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Sham
see synonyms of shamNoun
2. fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
Verb
3. assume, feign, sham, simulate
make a pretence of
Example Sentences:'She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger''he feigned sleep'
4. affect, dissemble, feign, pretend, sham
make believe with the intent to deceive
Example Sentences:'He feigned that he was ill''He shammed a headache'
Adjective
5. assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham
adopted in order to deceive
Example Sentences:'an assumed name''an assumed cheerfulness''a fictitious address''fictive sympathy''a pretended interest''a put-on childish voice''sham modesty'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Sham
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Sham
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Sham
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