SMARMY
PRONUNCIATION: AUDIO: smärm
ADJECTIVE: Inflected forms: smarm·i·er, smarm·i·est

1. Hypocritically, complacently, or effusively earnest; unctuous. See synonyms at unctuous.
2. Sleek.
3. Affectedly and self-servingly earnest

ETYMOLOGY: From smarm, to smear.
OTHER FORMS: smarm·i·ness —NOUN
SYNONYMS: fulsome, oily, oleaginous, sleek, unctuous.


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