Shamming

Synonyms for "shamming" (360 found)

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Closest matches (72)

fake feign fictitious mock simulate rip off act act a part acting adulterated affect affectation affected affectedness airs airs and graces alibi ape apocryphal apology

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Verb(7 words)

abuse affect assume bilk cod con cozen

Adjective(1 words)

assumed

Adjective(1 words)

bad

Noun(4 words)

bogan champagne charade chav

Strong matches (108)

Verb(7 words)

cross out deceive dissemble do feign fudge get

daring dash deceit deception delusion demonstration device disguise display dissemblance dissemble dissembling dissimulate dissimulation distorted do a bit dramatics dramatize dressed up dummy

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Noun(4 words)

deceptivity fake faker fraud

Adjective(3 words)

false fictitious fictive

Related words (180)

impersonator imposter impostor imposture insincerity invent invention junk junky lame excuse lay it on thick let on let on like lie locus standi made-up make a pretense make a show of make as if make believe

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make like make out like make-believe malingerer man made man-made manifestation mannerism mask masquerade mere show meretriciousness mimic mislead mockery mountebank ostensible motive ostentation outward show overact pageant pageantry parade paste pecksniffery perverted pharisaicalness pharisaism phoney phony pinchbeck plagiarized plaster plastic play play a part play a scene play possum playact playacting poor excuse pose poser poseur posing posture presupposition pretence pretend pretended pretender pretense pretension pretext profess protestation prunes and prisms pseudo public image public motive put off put on put on airs put up job put-off put-on put-up job putting on airs quack quacksalver quackster quasi queer refuge representation ringer rip-off saltimbanco sanctimoniousness sanctimony screen seeming self-styled sell semblance shammer shoddy show showing off showing-off simulacrum simulated simulation smoke screen snide so called so-called soi-disant sophistic speciousness spectacle splash splurge spoof spurious staginess stalking horse stalking-horse stratagem stylishness substitute subterfuge supposititious swindle synthetic tartuffery tartuffism theatrics tin tinsel titivated travesty trick tug the heartstrings twisted unauthentic ungenuine unnatural unnaturalness unreal varnish vaunt veil warped wear whited sepulcher window dressing

Noun(10 words)

imposter impostor knacker postiche pretender pseud pseudo redneck role player shammer

Verb(10 words)

jiff lead astray overreach pimp pretend sell someone a pup shaft shit simulate slur

Adjective(1 words)

mock

Adjective(2 words)

pretended put on

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Sample sentences

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He's only shamming.

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He was only shamming.

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