English adjective: specious | |||
1. | specious plausible but false | ||
Samples | A specious claim. Spurious inferences. | ||
Synonyms | spurious | ||
Similar | false | ||
Antonyms | true | ||
2. | specious based on pretense; deceptively pleasing | ||
Samples | The gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility. Meretricious praise. A meretricious argument. | ||
Synonyms | gilded, meretricious | ||
Similar | insincere | ||
Antonyms | sincere | ||