Definition of sham

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Sham (v. t.) To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.

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Shamble :: Shamble (n.) A place for slaughtering animals for meat.
Prevaricator :: Prevaricator (n.) A sham dealer; one who colludes with a defendant in a sham prosecution.
Scamble :: Scamble (v. i.) To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble..
Shonde :: Shonde (n.) Harm; disgrace; shame.
Browless :: Browless (a.) Without shame.
Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
Affrontedly :: Affrontedly (adv.) Shamelessly.
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Lost to shame; dissolute.
Mock :: Mock (a.) Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham..
Shamoy :: Shamoy (n.) See Shammy.
Self-abased :: Self-abased (a.) Humbled by consciousness of inferiority, unworthiness, guilt, or shame..
Shameful :: Shameful (a.) Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a shameful picture; a shameful sight..
Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin..
Disgraceful :: Disgraceful (a.) Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable; unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man..
Degrade :: Degrade (v. t.) To reduce in estimation, character, or reputation; to lessen the value of; to lower the physical, moral, or intellectual character of; to debase; to bring shame or contempt upon; to disgrace; as, vice degrades a man..
Effrontery :: Effrontery (n.) Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance.
Arrantly :: Arrantly (adv.) Notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully..
Ashamedly :: Ashamedly (adv.) Bashfully.
Bogus :: Bogus (a.) Spurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit..
Affront :: Affront (n.) An offense to one's self-respect; shame.
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