Related Words for specious

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insincere
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Adjective, Adjective
spurious
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Adjective, Adjective
false
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Adjective, Adjective
invalid
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Adjective, Adjective
gilded
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Adjective, Adjective, Name
fatuous
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Adjective
fallacious
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Adjective
disingenuous
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Adjective
ludicrous
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Adjective
absurd
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Adjective
dubious
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Adjective
preposterous
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Adjective
implausible
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Adjective
bogus
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Adjective
unpersuasive
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Adjective
fanciful
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Adjective
baseless
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Adjective
ridiculous
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Adjective
deceptive
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Adjective
laughable
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Adjective
unconvincing
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Adjective
vacuous
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Adjective
tendentious
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Adjective
spacious
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Adjective
illogical
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Adjective
unsubstantiated
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Adjective
plausible
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Adjective
unfounded
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Adjective
silly
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Adjective
sophistic
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Name
misleading
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Adjective
flawed
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Adjective
idiotic
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Adjective
childish
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Adjective
inane
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Noun
nonsensical
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Adjective
argument
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Noun
contemptible
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Adjective
puerile
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Adjective
erroneous
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Adjective
misguided
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Adjective
simplistic
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Adjective
dishonest
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Adjective
hypocritical
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Adjective
tautological
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Adjective
quaint
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Adjective
ingenuous
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Adjective
odious
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Adjective
flimsy
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Adjective
disputable
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Adjective
unscientific
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Adjective
outlandish
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Adjective
misconceived
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Adjective
trivial
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Adjective
artless
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Adjective
untrue
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Adjective
ahistorical
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Adjective
feeble
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Adjective
fallacy
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Noun
cozy
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Adjective
immaculate
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Noun
justifications
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Noun
extravagant
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Adjective
outrageous
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Adjective
overblown
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Adjective
tawdry
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Adjective
grandiose
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Adjective
facile
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Noun
questionable
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Adjective
pathetic
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Adjective
unsound
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Adjective
unjustifiable
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Adjective
deceitful
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Adjective
unjustified
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Adjective
contradictory
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Adjective
scurrilous
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Adjective
unproven
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Adjective
oversimplified
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Adjective
patently
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Adverb
ignoble
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Adjective
splendid
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Adjective
threadbare
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Adjective
foolish
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Adjective
laudable
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Adjective
breathtakingly
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Adverb
reasonable
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Adjective
roomy
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Adjective
illusory
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Adjective
hyperbolic
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Adjective
capacious
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Adjective
frivolous
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Adjective
stunningly
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Adverb
insupportable
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Adjective
irrelevant
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Adjective
insipid
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Adjective
indefensible
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Adjective
shoddy
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Adjective
invidious
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Adjective
superfluous
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Adjective
delusive
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Adjective
grotesque
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Adjective
unimpressive
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Adjective
groundless
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Adjective
stupid
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Adjective
artful
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Adjective
justifiable
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Adjective
incongruous
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Adjective
cosy
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Adjective
lofty
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Adjective
pernicious
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Adjective
contrived
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Verb
equivocal
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Adjective
superficial
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Adjective
ostensible
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Adjective
seeming
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Verb
fishy
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Adjective
suspicious
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Adjective
tenuous
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Adjective
subtle
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Adjective
fictive
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Adjective
conjectural
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Adjective
conceited
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Adjective
quasi
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Adjective
glib
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Noun
suggestive
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Adjective
phony
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Noun
speculative
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Adjective
sophisticated
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Adjective
pretences
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Noun
pretexts
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Noun
present
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Noun
reasonings
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Noun
plausibility
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Noun
falsehoods
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Noun
cowardice
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Noun
excuses
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Noun
plea
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Noun
pretense
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Noun
rationalizations
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Noun
beguiling
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Adjective, Noun
cogent
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Adjective
commonsensical
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Adjective
essentialist
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Adjective, Noun
euphemistic
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Adjective
irrefutable
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Adjective
justifying
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Noun
mystifying
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Adjective
paradoxical
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Adjective
sham
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
tenable
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Adjective
unanswerable
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Adjective, Noun
unnecessary
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Adjective
literally
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Adverb
expression
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Noun
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
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Adverb
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
milestone
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Noun, Verb
anymore
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Adverb
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective
collocation
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Noun
tell
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Verb, Noun