Smarmy (Adjective)
Meaning
Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- His smarmy compliments towards his date fell flat and seemed disingenuous to onlookers.
- Her professor gave a lecture, marred only by a colleague who bombarded the group with his constant and incredibly annoying questions drenched with the nauseous-sense evincing inherent mark but evaporation occurred often attributed.
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- A politician's smarmy publicist came under fire after reports surfaced regarding hidden bribes given to the scandalous news reporter from a somewhat disfavoring figure inside his administration involving highly classified information that he knew could ruin the politician's career if made public.
- Throughout the debate their smarmy tones dominated television broadcasts, although neither candidate revealed what one proposed would do, ultimately decided election did likely winner be decided when were revealed by just one among the rest issues is the voters.