Definition of sham

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Sham (v. t.) To obtrude by fraud or imposition.

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Vituperrious :: Vituperrious (a.) Worthy of vituperation; shameful; disgraceful.
Ashamedly :: Ashamedly (adv.) Bashfully.
Bashless :: Bashless (a.) Shameless; unblushing.
Chouse :: Chouse (n.) A trick; sham; imposition.
Take :: Take (v. t.) To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to; to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest, revenge, delight, shame; to form and adopt, as a resolution; -- used in general senses, limited by a following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as, to take a resolution; I take the liberty to say..
Penetrative :: Penetrative (a.) Having the power to affect or impress the mind or heart; impressive; as, penetrative shame..
Disdain :: Disdain (v. t.) The state of being despised; shame.
Butchery :: Butchery (n.) A slaughterhouse; the shambles; a place where blood is shed.
Shameful :: Shameful (a.) Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful.
Reproach :: Reproach (v. t.) To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace..
Arrantly :: Arrantly (adv.) Notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully..
Profligate :: Profligate (n.) An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
Discountenance :: Discountenance (v. t.) To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash.
Effrontery :: Effrontery (n.) Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance.
Shamoying :: Shamoying (n.) A process used in preparing certain kinds of leather, which consists in frizzing the skin, and working oil into it to supply the place of the astringent (tannin, alum, or the like) ordinarily used in tanning..
Bismer :: Bismer (n.) Shame; abuse.
Fool :: Fool (v. t.) To use as a fool; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying manner; to impose upon; to cheat by inspiring foolish confidence; as, to fool one out of his money..
Hangdog :: Hangdog (a.) Low; sneaking; ashamed.
Dash :: Dash (v. t.) To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress.
Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin..
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