sham
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Probably a dialectal form of shame.
Adjective[edit]
sham
- Intended to deceive; false.
- It was only a sham wedding: they didn't care much for one another, but wanted their parents to stop hassling them.
- counterfeit; unreal
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 64, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
- For this young lady was not able to carry out any emotion to the full; but had a sham enthusiasm, a sham hatred, a sham love, a sham taste, a sham grief, each of which flared and shone very vehemently for an instant, but subsided and gave place to the next sham emotion.
- 1881, Benjamin Jowett, transl., Thucydides, Oxford: Clarendon Press, VIII.64, p. 592:
- For the subject-cities, having secured a moderate form of government, and having no fear of being called to account for their proceedings, aimed at absolute freedom; they scorned the sham independence proffered to them by the Athenians.
- mock
- See also Thesaurus:fake
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
intended to deceive
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Noun[edit]
sham (countable and uncountable, plural shams)
- A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
- The time-share deal was a sham.
- Trickery, hoaxing.
- A con-man must be skilled in the arts of sham and deceit.
- A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
- A decorative cover for a pillow.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
fake, imitation
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trickery, hoaxing
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See also[edit]
Verb[edit]
sham (third-person singular simple present shams, present participle shamming, simple past and past participle shammed)
- To deceive, cheat, lie.
- 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
- they find themselves fool'd and shamm'd, as we say, into a Conviction.
- To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
- 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
- We must have a care that we do not […] sham fallacies upon the world for current reason.
- To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
Translations[edit]
to cheat or deceive
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Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
sham (uncountable)
- (slang) Champagne.
- 1840, M. A. Titmarsh [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], The Paris Sketch Book, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Macrone, […], →OCLC:
- So I orders a bottle, as if for myself; and, ‘Ma’am,’ says I, ‘will you take a glass of Sham—just one?’
Further reading[edit]
- “sham”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “sham”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- sham at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams[edit]
Karakalpak[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
sham
Uzbek[edit]
| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Cyrillic | шам (sham) |
| Latin | sham |
| Perso-Arabic | |
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
sham (plural shamlar)
Declension[edit]
Declension of sham
Possessive forms of sham
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