smarmy

English - Turkish

Definition of smarmy in English Turkish dictionary

{s} yalaka

(İİ) kibarlık budalası

dalkavuk

yağcı

{s} sulu

yapmacıklı

{s} sırnaşık

s., İng., k.dili. yağcı, pohpohlayıcı

{s} yaltakçı

{s} zevk vermeyen

yapmacık

English - English

Definition of smarmy in English English dictionary

Falsely earnest, smug, or ingratiating

a smarmy salesman with a big smile.

disapproval If you describe someone as smarmy, you dislike them because they are unpleasantly polite and flattering, usually because they want you to like them or to do something for them. Rick is slightly smarmy and eager to impress. polite in an insincere way - used to show disapproval (smarm (19-21 centuries), of unknown origin)

{s} excessively ingratiating, unctuous; sleek and smooth

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"

Related Terms

smarminess

The property of being smarmy

Hyphenation

smar·my

Turkish pronunciation

smärmi

Synonyms

flattering, gushing, ingratiating, oily, smug

Pronunciation

/ˈsmärmē/ /ˈsmɑːrmiː/

Etymology

[ 'smär-mE ] (adjective.) 1924. From smarm, a variant of smalm/smawm.