English to Afrikaans Meaning of sham - skyn

Sham :
skyn

maanskyn, skyn, misleiding, vals, bedrog, Gammon, twyfel, verbystering

simuleer, voorgee, Stel, aanvaar, skyn

vervalste, nagemaakte, skyn, valse, kunsmatige, onwaar, fiktiewe, fabelagtige, PINCHBECK, gesimuleerde, sintetiese, voorgegee, geveinsde, oënskynlike, soi te maak van sogenaamde, self-styl

skynshamanshamansbeskaamdskandes laat opskuimshamingshams
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Definitions of sham in English
Noun(1) something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be(2) a person who makes deceitful pretenses
Verb(1) make a pretence of(2) make believe with the intent to deceive
Adjective(1) adopted in order to deceive
Examples of sham in English
(1) The main characters have presumably left their homes in search at least in part of the cosmopolitanism associated with China's large cities, but what they find is a sham cosmopolitanism.(2) Unlike so much sham now usurping our stages, Fortune's Fool is a genuine, professionally crafted, and cannily produced play.(3) Are we not offering our children enough opportunities to learn the true nature of the boring, disappointing sham we call real life?(4) A clear reading of the law shows that these are sham marriages.(5) Second, Barnes agreed with South Carolina editor Z. T. Cody who ÔÇÿcalled the whole signing up business sham and hypocrisy.ÔÇÖ(6) Of later years I have not been proud of participating in this sham .(7) This sham photograph - both the incident it dishonestly records and the chain of events it sets in motion - lies at the heart of the novel.(8) Those aspirations may represent genuine goals to be worked toward, or amount to sham and pretence, a shallow disguise of radically different and less admirable state purposes and methods.(9) As a satirist, the writer is unafraid of drawing aside the drapes of hypocrisy and sham that seem to safeguard middle-class ethics.(10) This sham compromise still pits prejudice against science and sets misinformed consumers and protectionist farmers in Europe against producers in America.(11) Then he held a sham budget ÔÇÿconsultationÔÇÖ (two one hour public meetings) where he announced that the university did not have enough money to balance its budget and that tuition must go up.(12) They want the company of those who fib and sham , those who can imagine the future and reinvent the past with only half an eye on the unadorned and feeble truth, but with full command of narrative.(13) Clearly, a sham intent, a false intent, will give the matter away.(14) To put it another way, we would submit, with respect, that the introduction of the term ÔÇÿreal moneyÔÇÖ is a false inquiry, at least where there is no suggestion of sham or fraud.(15) If the new security focus is a sham , expect to see more official denial.(16) It is hardly surprising that King was a spinster considering that she spoke contemptuously of the ÔÇÿhollow sham called matrimonyÔÇÖ in a letter to a recently married sister.
Related Phrases of sham
(1) pillow-sham ::
kussing-skyn
Synonyms
Noun
1. pretense ::
voorwendsel
2. charlatan ::
charlatan
3. fraud ::
bedrog
4. fake ::
vals
Adjective
5. fake ::
vals
Verb
7. affect ::
invloed
8. assume ::
aanvaar
Different Forms
sham, shaman, shamans, shams
Word Example from TV Shows
A sham marriage. And unconsummated.

A SHAM marriage. And unconsummated.

Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 3

that the shooting had been a sham

that the shooting had been a SHAM

Money Heist Season 1, Episode 10

...with some sort of sham play-acting and kissing?

...with some sort of SHAM play-acting and kissing?

The Big Bang Theory Season 4, Episode 9

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