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smaragdine |
smaragdite |
smarm |
smarmily |
smarminess |
smarmy
| smart
| smart aleck
| smart alecky
| smart as a whip
| smart ass
smarmy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective smarmy has 1 sense
- smarmy(s = adj.all) buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, soapy, unctuous - unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments" Derived forms noun smarm1, noun smarminess1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
smarmy, adj. (smarmier, smarmiest) colloq. ingratiating; flattering; obsequious.
Derivative
smarmily adv. smarminess n.
THESAURUS
smarmy
adulatory, bland, blandishing, blarneying, buttery, cajoling, complimentary, courtierly, courtly, fair-spoken, fawning, fine-spoken, flattering, fulsome, glassy, glossy, gushing, honey-mouthed, honey-tongued, honeyed, insincere, insinuating, mealymouthed, obsequious, oily, oily-tongued, oleaginous, polished, slick, slimy, slobbery, smooth, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, soapy, soft-soaping, sycophantic, unctuous, wheedling
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