Hyphenation of sham

Are you trying to hyphenate sham? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

sham

Definitions of sham:

1.	Something that is a counterfeit Not what it seems to be
2.	A person who makes deceitful pretenses
3.	Make a pretence of She assumed indifference
4.	Even though she was seething with anger He feigned sleep
5.	Make believe with the intent to deceive He feigned that he was ill He shammed a headache
6.	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

Synonyms of sham:

adj	assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, counterfeit, imitative
noun	fake, postiche, imitation, counterfeit, forgery
noun	imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player, deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
verb	simulate, assume, feign, dissemble, pretend, act
verb	feign, pretend, affect, dissemble, misrepresent, belie

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.