specious
adjective /ˈspiː.ʃəs/ formal disapprovingDefinition
› seeming to be right or true, but really wrong or false: a specious argument/claim specious allegations/promisesWrong speciously /-li/ adverb speciousness /-nəs/ noun [U]
(Definition of specious adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- aberrant adjective
- abnormal adjective
- amiss adjective
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- back the wrong horse idiom
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- gross adjective (UNACCEPTABLE)
- grossly adverb
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- imprecise adjective
- invalid adjective
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