sham
— Verb
– English
~ make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"
sham
— Verb
– English
~ make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
sham
— Noun
– English
~ a person who makes deceitful pretenses
sham
— Noun
– English
~ something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
sham
— Adjective
– English
~ adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"
shaman
— Noun
– English
~ in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination
shamanism
— Noun
– English
~ any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes)
shamanism
— Noun
– English
~ an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans
shamanist
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to shamanism
shamanistic
— Adjective
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~ of or relating to shamanism
shamash
— Noun
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~ the chief sun god; drives away winter and storms and brightens the earth with greenery; drives away evil and brings justice and compassion
shamble
— Verb
– English
~ walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"
shamble
— Noun
– English
~ walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old"
shambles
— Noun
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~ a condition of great disorder
shambles
— Noun
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~ a building where animals are butchered
shambling
— Noun
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~ walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old"
shambolic
— Adjective
– English
~ (British slang) disorderly or chaotic; "it's a shambolic system"
shambolically
— Adverb
– English
~ in a shambolic manner