shamming 1 of 2

noun

as in duplicity

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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shamming
  1. duplicity
  2. pretending
  3. fakery
  4. simulating
  5. affectation
  6. assuming
  7. falseness
Noun
  • This latest act of duplicity is a new low, even for the HFPA.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026
  • The detective-heroines (and especially the actress-detectives) in this canon are careful about how performance might be extended to social duplicity, dishonesty, and fraud—but the lady criminals of Victorian detective fiction cross this line easily.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
Definition of duplicity
Verb
  • Communicating once and pretending people are not having reactions and doubts is unhelpful.
    — Maria Ross, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Maybe the most ethical – and enjoyable – way to travel now is to stop pretending you live there and embrace your status as a tourist.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 31 July 2026
Definition of pretending
Noun
  • The easy, and increasingly convincing, fakery of artificial intelligence has arguably supercharged it.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • That’s the deficiency side of integrity—where authenticity gives way to fakery, consistency erodes into unpredictability, and transparency slips into manipulation…But swing too far in the other direction, and the skyscraper becomes overly rigid—too stiff to sway with the wind.
    — Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Definition of fakery
Verb
  • During these tests, the massive main coolant pumps run at full power to heat the water through friction, simulating real operating temperatures without live nuclear fuel.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
  • So, Butker and the Chiefs are simulating that timing situation in camp, instead of a kick-after-kick approach, and calling it a day.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of simulating
Noun
  • Assemble a scrapbook or photo album to curate your personal affectations, trinkets, and memories.
    — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 26 July 2026
  • The steering wheel is flat at the top and bottom—a race-car affectation that feels correct in here—and has a button for the Boost function and another to adjust the aero, but is otherwise refreshingly simple.
    — Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 7 July 2026
Definition of affectation
Verb
  • The advice about not following your kids is often about not abandoning your life and support systems and assuming your kids will fill in the gaps.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
  • Arguably the subsequent doubling was due to a combination of surging Chinese demand and momentum trading, but even assuming that, the market tightness after the war ended kept prices on a long upward trajectory, not a rocket launch.
    — Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of assuming
Noun
  • The falseness of the medium, though, jibed with the falseness of most attempts, throughout American history, to make sense of this enormous, strange man.
    — Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
Definition of falseness
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