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smarm
[ smahrm ]
/ smɑrm /
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noun
behavior or speech that is smarmy.
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Origin of smarm
First recorded in 1935–40; back formation from smarmy
Words nearby smarm
smaltite, smalto, smaragd, smaragdine, smaragdite, smarm, smarmy, smart, smart aleck, smartarse, smart as a whip
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How to use smarm in a sentence
Maybe it’s the exhausting smarm, the squirrelly ambition, the hollow theatrics.
Jimmy Fallon's uncontainable glee is a welcome respite from late night's usual smarm and snark, but that's Fallon's thing.
For such searing, challenging dreams, we have only snark or smarm.
It is wrong to make sex appear as if it were part of the dear-darling-love smarm: the spiritual love.
Fantasia of the Unconscious|D. H. Lawrence
British Dictionary definitions for smarm
smarm
/ (smɑːm) British informal /
verb
(tr often foll by down) to flatten (the hair, etc) with cream or grease
(when intr, foll by up to) to ingratiate oneself (with)
noun
obsequious flattery
Word Origin for smarm
C19: of unknown origin
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