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[ US /ˈʃæm/ ]
[ UK /ʃˈæm/ ]
VERB
  1. make believe with the intent to deceive
    He feigned that he was ill
    He shammed a headache
  2. make a pretence of
    She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger
    he feigned sleep
ADJECTIVE
  1. adopted in order to deceive
    an assumed name
    a put-on childish voice
    an assumed cheerfulness
    a fictitious address
    fictive sympathy
    sham modesty
    a pretended interest
NOUN
  1. something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
  2. a person who makes deceitful pretenses

How To Use sham In A Sentence

  • I dont know what these people keep talking about I bought sham wow and it SUCKS it just pushed the liquid around and did NOT absorb it at all, its a piece of crap use real car shammies, paper towels, sponges, or regular dishrags and you'd get way better results. Undefined
  • Police believe a gang of up to five men were responsible for a raid on a Melksham store in which hundreds of pounds were stolen from an unlocked office.
  • Right now it's pretty dry and thrashed from the stripping treatment, but I have expensive shampoo and conditioner, and the brutal hairdresser assured me that with patience and continued use my hair would work its way back to normal. Hair fix #3
  • It would be a shame to lose it - it is the landmark of the town centre.
  • It was so obvious they have had contact since NZ and this was a scripted farce to deter us from the fact that Jason Mesnick the most hated man in America and his ice princess walk of shamer Molly WERE CHEATING. Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • He had a bank balance that a senior merchant banker would not be ashamed of.
  • Both the antisense drug and glibenclamide led to 75% reductions in spinal cord lesion volume six weeks after the injury, compared with sham-treated animals, the researchers reported. Social Security Reports, News and Informaion
  • Instead, the selection process became a charade - a complete and utter sham. The Sun
  • To my shame I refused to listen to her side of the story.
  • I peered over. There stood Sir Henry doing nothing less than a 11)tribal war dance of sheer unashamed 12)ecstasy.
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