Fallacious
Fallacious adjective - Tending or having power to deceive.
Usage example: consumers who harbor the fallacious belief that credit-card spending will never catch up with them
Puzzling and fallacious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Puzzling" instead an adjective "Fallacious".
Puzzling
Puzzling adjective - Not clear to the understanding.
Fallacious and puzzling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fallacious" instead an adjective "Puzzling".
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Puzzling and Fallacious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fallacious/puzzling
Fallacious & Puzzling. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fallacious/puzzling>.
Puzzling or Fallacious. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fallacious/puzzling.
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