SHAMMING Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

shamming 1 of 2

noun

as in duplicity

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shamming

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verb

present participle of sham

as in pretending

to present a false appearance of shammed a most unconvincing limp just to get sympathy

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Noun

That these sort of games, with their duplicity, hypocrisies and teary moments of tenderness, are popular is beyond question, and that is certainly how viewers are invited to watch.

— Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
David Sacks, former tech investor and White House AI and crypto czar, has an excellent counterpoint that could explain the apparent duplicity of Dario's manifesto.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of duplicity

Verb

Brown's fourth-quarter touchdown celebration included putting his hand to his crotch and then to his face before pretending to pass out.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
If Gayle Newland had been a cis man who had seduced Miss X by pretending to be Kye Fortune, the case would have fallen outside the McNally principle, and Miss X would have had very little chance of having her complaint heard.

— S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of pretending

Verb

Silicon sampling troubles some polling traditionalists who are uneasy about ethical and other implications of simulating human responses.

— W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
For Martens, the best way to do this is by simulating aspects of gameplay, which can only be achieved by integrating goalkeeper training with the outfield positions.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of simulating

Noun

With rare exceptions, EV sound is little more than an affectation.

— Byron Hurd, The Drive, 27 Aug. 2026
Robinhood's banking product arrived with private-bank affectations, estate planning, event access, cash to the door, priced at $5 a month inside a bundle a 30-year-old already pays for.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of affectation

Verb

Skydance will have a mountain of debt, projected to be north of $80 billion, after assuming the debt burdens of previous M&A incurred by Paramount and WBD and raising new debt financing.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026
In my hypothetical example, his 2026 fortune falls from $908 billion reported by Forbes to about $317 billion in my counterfactual 10 percent wealth tax example (again, assuming his wealth over the past 10 years grew smoothly).

— Jeff Hoopes, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026

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