smarmy

FREQ #46469

a. 虚情假意的, 爱说奉承话的

发音

UK /ˈsmɑː.mi/
US /ˈsmɑɹ.mi/
AU

词形变化

smarmier 比较级 smarmier smarmiest smarmiest 最高级

别名

smalmy

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Falsely earnest, smug, ingratiating, or pious.

    a smarmy salesman with a big smile

  2. 2.

    Unctuous, greasy, as hair from pomade.

    过时 罕用

    I pulled on my smarmy t-shirt and my ragged jeans and dragged myself to report to my supervisor.

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同义词 6

oily soapy buttery fulsome oleaginous unctuous

近义相关 1

insincere

词源

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.

来源：wiktionary