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Definitions for Shamming
[1] something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
[2] a person who shams; shammer.
[3] a cover or the like for giving a thing a different outward appearance: a pillow sham.
[4] pretended; counterfeit; feigned: sham attacks; a sham Gothic façade.
[5] designed, made, or used as a sham.
[6] to produce an imitation of.
[7] to assume the appearance of; pretend to have: to sham illness.
[8] to make a false show of something; pretend.
[9] anything that is not what it purports or appears to be
[10] something false, fake, or fictitious that purports to be genuine
[11] a person who pretends to be something other than he is
[12] counterfeit or false; simulated
[13] to falsely assume the appearance of (something); counterfeit to sham illness
Words related to Shamming
shamfraudulent, fictitious, phony, bogus, fraud, farce, mockery, hypocrisy, whitewash, forgery, travesty, fake, dummy, affected, ersatz, mock, assumed, plaster, pretend, pseudo
Words nearby Shamming
shamshalom, shalom aleichem, shalosh seudoth, shalt, shalwar, sham, shama, shaman, shamanism, shamash, shamateur
Origin of Shamming
First recorded in 1670–80; origin uncertain
Other words from Shamming
un·shammed , adjective
Word origin for Shamming
C17: perhaps a Northern English dialect variant of shame
Synonyms for Shamming
bogus, fictitious, fraudulent, phony, adulterated, affected, assumed, dummy, ersatz, fake, feigned, forged, imitation, lying, make-believe, misleading, mock, plaster, pretend, pretended, pseudo, simulated, substitute, synthetic, false, so-called, spurious, untrue