Specious
WordNet
adjective
(1) Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
"The gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"
"Meretricious praise"
"A meretricious argument"
(2) Plausible but false
"A specious claim"
"Spurious inferences"
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- Seemingly well-reasoned or factual, but actually fallacious or insincere.
- This idea that we must see through what we have started is specious, however good it may sound.
- Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
- Beautiful, pleasing to look at.