Definition of sham

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Sham (v. i.) To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.

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Dishonest :: Dishonest (a.) Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
Confusion :: Confusion (n.) The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame.
Open :: Open (a.) Not concealed or secret; not hidden or disguised; exposed to view or to knowledge; revealed; apparent; as, open schemes or plans; open shame or guilt..
Blush :: Blush (n.) A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty..
Shamer :: Shamer (n.) One who, or that which, disgraces, or makes ashamed..
Shame :: Shame (n.) The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.
Infamously :: Infamously (adv.) In an infamous manner or degree; scandalously; disgracefully; shamefully.
Egregiously :: Egregiously (adv.) Greatly; enormously; shamefully; as, egregiously cheated..
Deceptivity :: Deceptivity (n.) Deceptiveness; a deception; a sham.
Shamble :: Shamble (n.) One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level..
Shamble :: Shamble (v. i.) To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along..
Iconoclast :: Iconoclast (n.) One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical.
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..
Shamanic :: Shamanic (a.) Of or pertaining to Shamanism.
Dishonorable :: Dishonorable (a.) Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base..
Sham :: Sham (v. t.) To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
Sham :: Sham (v. i.) To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.
Grossness :: Grossness (n.) The state or quality of being gross; thickness; corpulence; coarseness; shamefulness.
Sham :: Sham (v. t.) To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
Haze :: Haze (v. t.) To harass or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; -- used esp. of college students; as, the sophomores hazed a freshman..
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