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smarmy

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈsmɑː.mi/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ammrsyStarts with SEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech

Word origin

From smarm + -y. Apparently coined by "B.R.L., of Brighton" with sense "saying treacly things which do not sound genuine" in a competition for neologisms in The Academy (London) published on 14 January 1899.

Used in a sentence

  • a smarmy salesman with a big smile
  • Starring a smarmy dog and scores of hapless flying wildfowl, Duck Hunt was the game that introduced many to the joys of the NES Zapper lightgun.
  • He looked faintly loutish, with smarmy hair and a hint of a moustache.

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