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- DictionarySham/SHam/
noun
- 1. a thing that is not what it is purported to be: "the proposed legislation is a farce and a sham"
- 2. short for pillow sham North American
adjective
- 1. bogus; false: "a clergyman who arranged a sham marriage"
verb
- 1. falsely present something as the truth: "was he ill or was he shamming?"
something that is not what it seems to be and is intended to deceive people, or someone who pretends to be something they are not: It turned out that he wasn't a real doctor at all - he was just a sham. They claimed that the election had been fair, but really it was a sham. Synonyms.
Definitions of sham. noun. something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be. synonyms: fake, postiche. see more. noun. a person who makes deceitful pretenses. synonyms: fake, faker, fraud, humbug, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, shammer. see more. adjective. adopted in order to deceive. “ sham modesty”
3 days ago · 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 or she is. adjective. 4. counterfeit or false; simulated. verb Word forms: shams, shamming, shammed.
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 or shammed.
[uncountable] behaviour, feelings, words, etc. that are intended to make somebody/something seem to be better than they really are. Their promises turned out to be full of sham and hypocrisy. His intellectual pretensions are all sham. Word Origin. See sham in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: sham.
a cover or the like for giving a thing a different outward appearance: a pillow sham.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English sham1 /ʃæm/ noun 1 [ singular] someone or something that is not what they are claimed to be – used to show disapproval The elections were a complete sham. 2 [ uncountable] literary when someone tries to make something or someone seem better than they really are It all turned out to be sham and hypo...
