Synonyms: gilded, meretricious, specious
Definition: based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
Usage: the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility; meretricious praise; a meretricious argument
Similar words: insincere
Definition: lacking sincerity
Usage: a charming but thoroughly insincere woman; their praise was extravagant and insincere
Definition: plausible but false
Usage: a specious claim; spurious inferences
Similar words: false
Definition: not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
Usage: gave false testimony under oath; false tales of bravery