Crossword clues for meretriciousness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
meretriciousness
meretriciousness \mer`e*tri"cious*ness\ n.
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an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility.
Syn: speciousness.
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tasteless showiness.
Syn: flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, tawdriness, glitz.
Wiktionary
meretriciousness
n. The property of being meretricious.
WordNet
meretriciousness
n. an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility; "the speciousness of his argument" [syn: speciousness]
tasteless showiness [syn: flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, brashness, tawdriness, glitz]
Usage examples of "meretriciousness".
He was used to hearing cock-and-bull stories but this parrot-and-bastard one didn't even get off the slippery starting-blocks of meretriciousness.