sham
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(verb) make believe; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" |
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Synonyms: affect, dissemble, feign, pretend |
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Related Words: belie, bull, bullshit, fake, misrepresent, mouth, play possum, take a dive, waffle |
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(noun) something false; not what it seems to be |
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Synonyms: fake, postiche |
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Related Words: counterfeit, fake book, forgery, imitation |
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(verb) make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" |
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Synonyms: assume, feign, simulate |
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Related Words: act, dissemble, feint, play, pretend |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on |
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(noun) a person who makes deceitful pretenses |
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Synonyms: fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player |
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Related Words: cheat, cheater, deceiver, namedropper, ringer, trickster |
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