Definition of sham

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

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Shambling :: Shambling (a.) Characterized by an awkward, irregular pace; as, a shambling trot; shambling legs..
Shamble :: Shamble (n.) A place where butcher's meat is sold.
Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
Shampooed :: Shampooed (imp. & p. p.) of Shampo.
Barefacedly :: Barefacedly (adv.) Openly; shamelessly.
Shameful :: Shameful (a.) Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a shameful picture; a shameful sight..
Attrition :: Attrition (n.) Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See Contrition.
Shamming :: Shamming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sha.
Contumelious :: Contumelious (a.) Shameful; disgraceful.
Shame :: Shame (n.) The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.
Gross :: Gross (superl.) Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence..
Self-abased :: Self-abased (a.) Humbled by consciousness of inferiority, unworthiness, guilt, or shame..
Disgrace :: Disgrace (n.) That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being..
Sham :: Sham (v. t.) To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
Browless :: Browless (a.) Without shame.
Shamoy :: Shamoy (n.) See Shammy.
Harden :: Harden (v. t.) To accustom by labor or suffering to endure with constancy; to strengthen; to stiffen; to inure; also, to confirm in wickedness or shame; to make unimpressionable..
Penetrative :: Penetrative (a.) Having the power to affect or impress the mind or heart; impressive; as, penetrative shame..
Shamanism :: Shamanism (n.) The type of religion which once prevalied among all the Ural-Altaic peoples (Tungusic, Mongol, and Turkish), and which still survives in various parts of Northern Asia. The Shaman, or wizard priest, deals with good as well as with evil spirits, especially the good spirits of ancestors..
Mock :: Mock (a.) Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham..
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