shammed
Put on act
Shammed is the past tense of sham, meaning to fake or pretend.
Someone who shammed illness feigned symptoms to avoid work or duty.
The word implies deliberate deception: He shammed sleep until his roommate left.
In military contexts, shamming traditionally meant malingering or avoiding responsibilities.
Falsely produced or simulated
- feignedFalsely displayed or simulated
- pretendedActed falsely
- deceivedMisled into false belief
- dupedDeceived into believing
fooled · tricked · hoaxed · misled · beguiled · conned · bamboozled · hoodwinked
Simulating something false
- feigningPretending to feel something
- actingTemporarily holding position
- posturingInsincere behavior for effect
- playactingInsincere dramatic performance
dissimulation · simulation · imitation · fakery · affectation · artifice · insincerity · hypocrisy
Feigned incapacity for duty
- goldbrickedShirked one's duties
- dodgedAvoided by quick movement
- shirkedAvoided obligated tasks
- skivedEvaded responsibilities deliberately
faked
Falsely produced or simulated
duped · fooled · tricked · hoaxed · misled · beguiled · conned · bamboozled · hoodwinked · bluffed
faking
Simulating something false
- feigningPretending to feel something
- actingTemporarily holding position
- posturingInsincere behavior for effect
playacting · dissimulation · simulation · imitation · fakery · affectation · artifice · insincerity · hypocrisy · bluffing
malingered
Feigned incapacity for duty
- goldbrickedShirked one's duties
- dodgedAvoided by quick movement
- shirkedAvoided obligated tasks