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smarm·y    Audio Help   [smahr-mee] Pronunciation Key
–adjective, smarm·i·er, smarm·i·est.
excessively or unctuously flattering, ingratiating, servile, etc.: the emcee with the smarmy welcome.

[Origin: 1905–10; smarm, var. of dial. smalm to smear, make slick (< ?) + -y1]

smarm·i·ly, adverb
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smarm·y    Audio Help   (smär'mē)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   smarm·i·er, smarm·i·est
  1. Hypocritically, complacently, or effusively earnest; unctuous. See Synonyms at unctuous.
  2. Sleek.


[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

adjective
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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smarmy [ˈsmaːmi] adjective
over-respectful and inclined to use flattery
Example: I can't bear his smarmy manner.
Arabic: مُبالِغ في الإحْتِرام
Chinese (Simplified): 满口恭维的
Chinese (Traditional): 滿口恭維的
Czech: podlézavý
Danish: slesk
Dutch: flikflooiend
Estonian: lipitsev
Finnish: mielistelevä
French: obséquieux
German: kriecherisch
Greek: γλείφτης (μτφ.), γλοιώδης`
Hungarian: mézesmázos
Icelandic: fleðulegur
Indonesian: sombong
Italian: servile, mellifluo
Japanese: おせじたらたらの
Korean: 지나치게 아첨하는
Latvian: lišķīgs
Lithuanian: įsiteikiantis, padlaižiaujantis
Norwegian: smisket, slesk
Polish: przymilny
Portuguese (Brazil): bajulador
Portuguese (Portugal): bajulador
Romanian: mieros, slugarnic
Russian: льстивый, вкрадчивый
Slovak: podlízavý
Slovenian: prilizovalski
Spanish: zalamero
Swedish: inställsam, sliskig
Turkish: yaltak(çı)
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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