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| excessively or unctuously flattering, ingratiating, servile, etc.: the emcee with the smarmy welcome. |
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adj. smarm·i·er, smarm·i·est
[From smarm, to smear.] smarm·i·ness n. |
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smarmy
"ingratiating, unctuous," 1924, from smarm "to behave in a flattering way" (1920), variant of colloquial smalm, smawm (1847) "to smear, bedaub" (the hair, with pomade) of unknown origin.
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| smarmy | |
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| 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" [syn: buttery] |
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