Smarmy is an adjective describing someone who is hypocritically earnest, unctuous, or sleek.
Smarmy is an adjective describing someone who is hypocritically earnest, unctuous, or sleek.
| Front | smarmy \SMAHR-mee\ |
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| Back | adjective 1. Hypocritically, complacently, or effusively earnest; unctuous. 2. Sleek. [From smarm, to smear.] "But `weasel' lives on as a synonym for that subspecies of Hollywood gentry, the entertainment industry executive, conjuring up a whole host of smarmy tassel-shoe traits." - Richard Conniff, You can call him `cute' or you can call him `hungry', Smithsonian, Feb 1997. |
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