Sham (Adjective)
Meaning
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- He donned a sham aristocratic air, waving at passersby as if they should be in awe of his fabricated royalty.
- Her colleagues weren't buying the sham innocence on her face after the leaked video incriminated her.
- They conducted sham market research by faking an upscale apartment tour in hopes of understanding customer spending.
- Detectives didn't find credible his claim that it was an instance of a false tip made from a fictive office out of jest; and ruled his responses with concern; nothing aligned truth - given only brief summary facts confirmed was full un-subtantiable (deleted with changes no purpose- He detected motives about response completely all reasons thought rather also have than to cover well not only with good faith "
- No one was duped by her claims of a sham fear about heights after observing her daredevil stunts in amusement parks.