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sham

• (s) 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, false,

Nouns

• (n) something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be fake, postiche,
• (n) a person who makes deceitful pretenses faker, imposter, impostor, pseud, pseudo, role player, fake, fraud, pretender, shammer,

Verbs

• (v) make a pretence of
  • She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger
  • he feigned sleep
  feign, simulate, assume,
• (v) make believe with the intent to deceive
  • He feigned that he was ill
  • He shammed a headache
  dissemble, feign, pretend, affect,

Synonyms

fake postiche feign simulate assume assumed fictive pretended put on fictitious false faker imposter impostor pseud pseudo role player fraud pretender shammer dissemble pretend affect

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