smarmy

Thomas Sadoski should be the frontrunner to play every smarmy privileged thirty-something from now on.
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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
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|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
They lipsynch the soundtrack, cadge souvenirs and pester you with smarmy, show-off questions.
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom|Cory Doctorow
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
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

British Dictionary definitions for smarmy

smarmy

/ (ˈsmɑːmɪ) /

adjective smarmier or smarmiest

British informal obsequiously flattering or unpleasantly suave

Derived forms of smarmy

smarmily, adverbsmarminess, noun

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