smarmy

Meaning

Adjective

Falsely earnest, smug, or ingratiating.
unctuous, greasy, as hair from pomade

Related

Similar words

flattering, gushing, ingratiating, oily, smug

Origin

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.

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