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sham

/ʃæm/noun, adjective

उच्चारण शैम

ढोंग, दिखावा

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noun, adjective
  1. 1

    a situation, feeling, system that is not as good or true as it seems to be; not genuine but intended to seem real

    ढोंग, दिखावा

    • a sham marriage

    Synonyms pretence fake fraud bogus phoney

    Opposite genuine real

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

pretence fake fraud bogus phoney

Antonyms

genuine real

§Grammar and usage

Usage: sham means fake ('The trial was a sham').

प्रयोग में sham का अर्थ नक़ली, ढोंग है ('The trial was a sham')।