Definition of sham

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Sham (a.) False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight..

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Brazenface :: Brazenface (n.) An impudent or shameless person.
Brazen-browed :: Brazen-browed (a.) Shamelessly impudent.
Prevaricate :: Prevaricate (v. i.) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution..
Abash :: Abash (v. t.) To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit..
Shampoo :: Shampoo (v. t.) To wash throughly and rub the head of (a person), with the fingers, using either soap, or a soapy preparation, for the more thorough cleansing..
Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
Chouse :: Chouse (n.) A trick; sham; imposition.
Shambling :: Shambling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shambl.
Duffer :: Duffer (n.) A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap, flashy articles, as sham jewelry; hence, a sham or cheat..
Prevaricator :: Prevaricator (n.) A sham dealer; one who colludes with a defendant in a sham prosecution.
Shameful :: Shameful (a.) Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful.
Shamois :: Shamois (n.) Alt. of Shamo.
Contempt :: Contempt (n.) The state of being despised; disgrace; shame.
Discountenance :: Discountenance (v. t.) To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash.
Sensibility :: Sensibility (n.) The capacity of emotion or feeling, as distinguished from the intellect and the will; peculiar susceptibility of impression, pleasurable or painful; delicacy of feeling; quick emotion or sympathy; as, sensibility to pleasure or pain; sensibility to shame or praise; exquisite sensibility; -- often used in the plural..
Inglorious :: Inglorious (a.) Shameful; disgraceful; ignominious; as, inglorious flight, defeat, etc..
Stain :: Stain (n.) Cause of reproach; shame.
Impudence :: Impudence (n.) The quality of being impudent; assurance, accompanied with a disregard of the presence or opinions of others; shamelessness; forwardness; want of modesty..
Grossness :: Grossness (n.) The state or quality of being gross; thickness; corpulence; coarseness; shamefulness.
Bunko :: Bunko (n.) A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a sham lottery..
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