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specious
[ spee-shuhs ]
adjective
- apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible:
specious arguments.
Antonyms:
- pleasing to the eye but deceptive.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- Obsolete. pleasing to the eye; fair.
specious
/ ˈ辱ːʃə /
adjective
- apparently correct or true, but actually wrong or false
- deceptively attractive in appearance
Derived Forms
- ˈdzܲԱ, noun
- ˈdzܲ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- cdzܲ· adverb
- cdzܲ·Ա noun
- ԴDz·cdzܲ adjective
- non·cdzܲ· adverb
- non·cdzܲ·Ա noun
- ܲ·cdzܲ adjective
- un·cdzܲ· adverb
- un·cdzܲ·Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of specious1
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Example Sentences
He also accused the businessman of "resorting to all sorts of specious legal twists" and claimed he should "start behaving respectfully".
ABC, the president of ABC News was no doubt opposed to caving to Trump on his specious claim.
Nor do a publisher’s specious appeals to us based on bothsiderism in an existential election.
And as they did in 2020, Trump’s agents and allies are already preparing to flood the courts with specious lawsuits to stop Kamala Harris from assuming office if she wins the 2024 election.
Kevin Maher of the Times called the film "puerile, pointless and intellectually specious", noting that some audience members walked out of the Cannes Film Festival screening.
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