smarmy
excessively or unctuously flattering, ingratiating, servile, etc.: the emcee with the smarmy welcome.
Origin of smarmy
1Other words from smarmy
- smarm·i·ly, adverb
Words Nearby smarmy
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How to use smarmy in a sentence
Thomas 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 | THE DAILY BEASTKing smarmy Bill, Queen Smug Chilary, and Princess Spolied Chlesea [sic].
Brad is a smarmy, popular jerk, without whom Adam would have no credibility with the cool kids.
From suave Jack Ryan to smarmy Eugene Kittridge, potential candidates for America's next top spook.
10 Fictional Replacements for CIA Chief David Petraeus | Ben Teitelbaum, Laura Colarusso | November 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd 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 | THE DAILY BEAST
They lipsynch the soundtrack, cadge souvenirs and pester you with smarmy, show-off questions.
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom | Cory DoctorowIf 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. LawrenceWe'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
British Dictionary definitions for smarmy
/ (ˈsmɑːmɪ) /
British informal obsequiously flattering or unpleasantly suave
Derived forms of smarmy
- smarmily, adverb
- smarminess, noun
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