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[ smahr-mee ] / ˈsmɑr mi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR smarmy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, smarm·i·er, smarm·i·est.excessively or unctuously flattering, ingratiating, servile, etc.: the emcee with the smarmy welcome. Origin of smarmy1905–10; smarm, variant of dial. smalm to smear, make slick (< ?) + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM smarmysmarm·i·ly, adverbWords nearby smarmysmalto, smaragd, smaragdine, smaragdite, smarm, smarmy, smart, smart aleck, smartarse, smart as a whip, smart ass Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for smarmyThomas Sadoski should be the frontrunner to play every smarmy privileged thirty-something from now on. 'The Newsroom' Ended As It Began: Weird, Controversial, and Noble|Kevin Fallon|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST King Smarmy Bill, Queen Smug Chilary, and Princess Spolied Chlesea [sic]. The Strange Leak of the New Exposé ‘Clinton, Inc.’|Lloyd Grove|July 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST Brad is a smarmy, popular jerk, without whom Adam would have no credibility with the cool kids. A New Huck on the Hardcore LGBT Hudson|William O’Connor|June 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST And anyway they just open themselves up to obvious charges of being dishonest and smarmy (at best). Dems: Starting to Get It, But As Usual Not Quite Right|Michael Tomasky|July 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Without even addressing the fact that he drove to Canada with his dog strapped to the roof of his car, we could call him Smarmy. Latest GOP Debate Comical Enough to Be a Disney Animated Movie|Leslie Bennetts|November 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST They lipsynch the soundtrack, cadge souvenirs and pester you with smarmy, show-off questions. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom|Cory Doctorow We'd have four good meals every day and baths every morning, and we'd only feel virtuous and 'smarmy' and do-good-to-the-poor-y. Changing Winds|St. John G. Ervine If she thinks him too sweet and smarmy with other people, she should let him have it to his nose, straight out. Fantasia of the Unconscious|D. H. Lawrence
British Dictionary definitions for smarmy
adjective smarmier or smarmiestBritish informal obsequiously flattering or unpleasantly suave Derived forms of smarmysmarmily, adverbsmarminess, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to smarmysmug, buttery, fulsome, insincere, oily, oleaginous, sleek, smooth, suave |