All spurious synonyms
spuΒ·riΒ·ous
S s adjective spurious
- invented β Fictional, made up, imaginary.
- astucious β Subtle; cunning; astute.
- wrong β not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- fake β to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
- fluffed β Simple past tense and past participle of fluff.
- faked β to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
- jivey β resembling, suggesting, or characteristic of jive; lively.
- casuistical β Casuistic.
- erroneous β Wrong; incorrect.
- foundationless β Without foundation; unfounded.
- ersatz β (of a product) Made or used as a substitute, typically an inferior one, for something else.
- impostrous β (archaic) Characterized by imposture; deceitful.
adj spurious
- delusive β tending to delude; misleading
- misbegotten β unlawfully or irregularly begotten; born of unmarried parents; illegitimate: his misbegotten son.
- baseborn β born of humble parents
- hammy β characteristic of a person who overacts.
- campy β Campy means the same as camp.
- moralistic β a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- meretricious β alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
- hyped up β intensively or excessively stimulated or exaggerated: an economy hyped-up by arms spending.
- demagogic β If you say that someone such as a politician is demagogic, you are criticizing them because you think they try to win people's support by appealing to their emotions rather than using reasonable arguments.
- misrepresentative β to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
- misborn β (now rare) Born prematurely; abortive.
- feigned β pretended; sham; counterfeit: feigned enthusiasm.
- forged β to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.
- illogical β not logical; contrary to or disregardful of the rules of logic; unreasoning: an illogical reply.
- hypocritical β of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a βdo what I say and not what I doβ attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- affected β If you describe someone's behaviour as affected, you disapprove of the fact that they behave in an unnatural way that is intended to impress other people.
- mendacious β telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- imprecise β not precise; not exact; vague or ill-defined.
- in-correct β not correct as to fact; inaccurate; wrong: an incorrect statement.
- bogus β If you describe something as bogus, you mean that it is not genuine.
- fictitious β created, taken, or assumed for the sake of concealment; not genuine; false: fictitious names.
- flawed β characterized by flaws; having imperfections: a flawed gem; a seriously flawed piece of work.
- la-di-da β affected; pretentious; foppish: a la-di-da manner.
- casuistic β of or having to do with casuistry or casuists
- fallacious β containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
- hamer β Fannie Lou, 1917β77, U.S. civil rights activist.
- faux β artificial or imitation; fake: a brooch with faux pearls.
- assumed β false; fictitious
- bastard β Bastard is an insulting word which some people use about a person, especially a man, who has behaved very badly.
- misleading β deceptive; tending to mislead.
- artificial β Artificial objects, materials, or processes do not occur naturally and are created by human beings, for example using science or technology.
- campiest β of, relating to, or characterized by camp: a campy send-up of romantic operetta.
- counterfeit β Counterfeit money, goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
- mock β to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- illegitimate β born of parents who are not married to each other; born out of wedlock: an illegitimate child.
- dummiest β a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance: a display of lipstick dummies made of colored plastic.
- imposturous β the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- all wet β wrong; mistaken