specious excuse

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• specious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. plausible, ostensible, apparent, casuistic, insincere; deceptive. See falsehood, imagination.Ant., logical, sincere. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. plausible, credible, colorable, beguiling, deceptive …   English dictionary for students

• Ida B. Wells-Barnett: Lynching and the Excuse for It (1901) — ▪ Primary Source       In the twenty years after 1885 there were more lynchings in the United States than legal executions. The great majority of victims were African Americans, who, after a brief period of political power in the South during… …   Universalium

• spe´cious|ness — spe|cious «SPEE shuhs», adjective. 1. seeming desirable, reasonable, or probable, but not really so; apparently good or right, but without real merit: »a specious appearance of fair play. The teacher saw through that specious excuse. This… …   Useful english dictionary

• spe´cious|ly — spe|cious «SPEE shuhs», adjective. 1. seeming desirable, reasonable, or probable, but not really so; apparently good or right, but without real merit: »a specious appearance of fair play. The teacher saw through that specious excuse. This… …   Useful english dictionary

• spe|cious — «SPEE shuhs», adjective. 1. seeming desirable, reasonable, or probable, but not really so; apparently good or right, but without real merit: »a specious appearance of fair play. The teacher saw through that specious excuse. This specious… …   Useful english dictionary

• plausible — [plô′zə bəl] adj. [L plausibilis < plaudere, to applaud] 1. seemingly true, acceptable, etc.: often implying disbelief 2. seemingly honest, trustworthy, etc.: often implying distrust plausibility n. plausibleness plausibly adv. SYN. PLAUSIBLE… …   English World dictionary

• plausible — plausible, credible, believable, colorable, specious are comparable when they mean capable of impressing the observer, auditor, or reader as truly or genuinely possessing the quality or character that is set forth or claimed. A thing or sometimes …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Vindication — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Vindication >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 vindication vindication justification warrant Sgm: N 1 exoneration exoneration exculpation Sgm: N 1 acquittal acquittal &c. 970 Sgm: N 1 whitewashing whitewashing …   English dictionary for students

• plausible — plausibility, plausibleness, n. plausibly, adv. /plaw zeuh beuhl/, adj. 1. having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot. 2. well spoken and… …   Universalium

• semblance — Synonyms and related words: Prospero, accordance, acting, affectation, affinity, agreement, air, airiness, alibi, alikeness, alliance, analogy, angle, aping, apology, appearance, approach, approximation, aspect, assimilation, atmosphere,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• show — Synonyms and related words: Grand Guignol, Passion play, Prospero, Tom show, accompany, accord, account for, acting, advertise, affect, affectation, affectedness, afford, afford proof of, air, airiness, airs, airs and graces, alibi, allege,… …   Moby Thesaurus