sham

sham

S0314500 (shăm)n.1. a. Something false or empty that is purported to be genuine: "Because she had been so readily unfaithful, her marriage was a sham" (Alice Munro).b. Deceitfulness or pretense: "She saw herself as a person surrounded by, living by, sham" (Alice Munro).c. One who claims to be what he or she is not; an impostor or fraud: "He a man! Hell! He was a hollow sham!" (Joseph Conrad).2. A decorative cover for a pillow.adj. Not genuine; fake: sham diamonds; sham modesty.v. shammed, sham·ming, shams v.tr. To put on the false appearance of; feign: "shamming insanity to get his tormentors to leave him alone" (John Wain).v.intr. To assume a false appearance or character; dissemble.

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[Perhaps dialectal variant of shame.]

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sham′mer n.

sham

(ʃæm) n1. anything that is not what it purports or appears to be2. something false, fake, or fictitious that purports to be genuine3. a person who pretends to be something other than he isadjcounterfeit or false; simulatedvb, shams, shamming or shammedto falsely assume the appearance of (something); counterfeit: to sham illness. [C17: perhaps a Northern English dialect variant of shame] ˈshammer n

sham

(ʃæm)

n., adj., v. shammed, sham•ming. n. 1. a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax. 2. a person who pretends or counterfeits. 3. a cover or the like: a pillow sham. adj. 4. pretended; counterfeit: sham attacks. 5. designed, made, or used as a sham. v.t. 6. to produce an imitation of. 7. to feign. v.i. 8. to make a false show of something. [1670–80] sham′mer, n. syn: See false.

sham

Past participle: shammed
Gerund: shamming

Imperative
sham
sham

Present
I sham
you sham
he/she/it shams
we sham
you sham
they sham

Preterite
I shammed
you shammed
he/she/it shammed
we shammed
you shammed
they shammed

Present Continuous
I am shamming
you are shamming
he/she/it is shamming
we are shamming
you are shamming
they are shamming

Present Perfect
I have shammed
you have shammed
he/she/it has shammed
we have shammed
you have shammed
they have shammed

Past Continuous
I was shamming
you were shamming
he/she/it was shamming
we were shamming
you were shamming
they were shamming

Past Perfect
I had shammed
you had shammed
he/she/it had shammed
we had shammed
you had shammed
they had shammed

Future
I will sham
you will sham
he/she/it will sham
we will sham
you will sham
they will sham

Future Perfect
I will have shammed
you will have shammed
he/she/it will have shammed
we will have shammed
you will have shammed
they will have shammed

Future Continuous
I will be shamming
you will be shamming
he/she/it will be shamming
we will be shamming
you will be shamming
they will be shamming

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been shamming
you have been shamming
he/she/it has been shamming
we have been shamming
you have been shamming
they have been shamming

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been shamming
you will have been shamming
he/she/it will have been shamming
we will have been shamming
you will have been shamming
they will have been shamming

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been shamming
you had been shamming
he/she/it had been shamming
we had been shamming
you had been shamming
they had been shamming

Conditional
I would sham
you would sham
he/she/it would sham
we would sham
you would sham
they would sham

Past Conditional
I would have shammed
you would have shammed
he/she/it would have shammed
we would have shammed
you would have shammed
they would have shammed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sham - something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to befake, postichefake book - a fake in the form of an imitation book; used to fill bookcases of people who wish to appear scholarlyimitation - something copied or derived from an originalPotemkin village - something that seems impressive but in fact lacks substance
	2.	sham - a person who makes deceitful pretensesfaker, imposter, impostor, pseud, pseudo, role player, shammer, pretender, fraud, fakebeguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not truename dropper - someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friendsringer - a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
Verb	1.	sham - make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"feign, simulate, assumepretend, dissemble, act - behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"play - pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity; "Let's play like I am mommy"; "Play cowboy and Indians"feint - deceive by a mock action; "The midfielder feinted to shoot"
	2.	sham - make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"dissemble, feign, pretend, affectmisrepresent, belie - represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions"make believe, pretend, make - represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"play possum - to pretend to be deadtake a dive - pretend to be knocked out, as of a boxerbullshit, talk through one's hat, bull, fake - speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"mouth - articulate silently; form words with the lips only; "She mouthed a swear word"
Adj.	1.	sham - adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"assumed, fictive, pretended, put on, fictitious, falsecounterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"

sham

noun1. fraud, imitation, hoax, pretence, forgery, counterfeit, pretender, humbug, impostor, feint, pseud (informal), wolf in sheep's clothing, imposture, phoney or phony (informal) Their promises were exposed as a hollow sham.
fraud original, the real thing, the genuine article, the real McCoy (or McKay)adjective1. false, artificial, bogus, pretended, mock, synthetic, imitation, simulated, pseudo (informal), counterfeit, feigned, spurious, ersatz, pseud (informal), phoney or phony (informal) a sham marriage
false real, genuine, authentic, sound, true, natural, legitimate, veritable, bona fide, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal), unfeigned

sham

noun1. A fraudulent imitation:counterfeit, fake, forgery, phony.2. A false, derisive, or impudent imitation of something:burlesque, caricature, farce, mock, mockery, parody, travesty.3. A display of insincere behavior:act, acting, disguise, dissemblance, masquerade, pretense, show, simulation.adjectiveFraudulently or deceptively imitative:bogus, counterfeit, fake, false, fraudulent, phony, spurious, suppositious, supposititious.verb1. To behave affectedly or insincerely or take on a false or misleading appearance of:act, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, feign, play-act, pose, pretend, put on, simulate.2. To take on or give a false appearance of:affect, assume, counterfeit, fake, feign, pretend, put on, simulate.Idiom: make believe.

Translations

伪装假装假装的哄骗虚假的

sham

(ʃӕm) noun something that is pretended, not genuine. The whole trial was a sham. 騙局，虛假 哄骗，伪装 adjective pretended, artificial or false. a sham fight; Are those diamonds real or sham? 虛偽的，造假的 虚假的，假装的 verb – past tense, past participle shammed – to pretend (to be in some state). He shammed sleep/anger; He shammed dead; I think she's only shamming. 假裝 假装