Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech;
- Example: "buttery praise"- Example: "gave him a fulsome introduction"- Example: "an oily sycophantic press agent"- Example: "oleaginous hypocrisy"- Example: "smarmy self-importance"- Example: "the unctuous Uriah Heep"- Example: "soapy compliments"[syn: buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
smarmy
adj 1: 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, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy,
soapy, unctuous]