Synonyms of shamming

shamming 1 of 2

noun

as in duplicity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• duplicity
• pretence
• fakery
• affectation
• falseness
• sanctimoniousness
• deception
• pretense
• affectedness
• self-satisfaction
• fraudulentness
• glibness
• artificiality
• dishonesty
• deceit
• smoothness
• pretension
• pretentiousness
• hypocrisy
• self-righteousness
• perfidy
• double-dealing
• deceptiveness
• oiliness
• dissimulation
• insincerity
• unctuousness
• dissembling
• two-facedness
• deceitfulness
• falsity
• piousness
• cant

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sincerity
• genuineness
• honesty
• truthfulness
• frankness
• openness
• candor
• probity
• directness
• sincereness
• forthrightness
• straightforwardness
• artlessness
• naturalness
• openheartedness
• guilelessness
• unaffectedness

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pretending
• simulating
• assuming
• acting
• feigning
• affecting
• faking
• dissembling
• passing (for)
• bluffing
• professing
• counterfeiting
• posing
• concealing
• putting on
• masquerading
• making believe
• forging
• playing
• imitating
• dissimulating
• impersonating
• masking
• disguising
• playacting
• malingering
• camouflaging
• letting on
• feinting