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smarmy

Letters that make smarmy

s, a, m, r, y are letters that make 'smarmy'

Words within smarmy

mar, smarm, MA, SM, army, Army, ma, ar, mA, arm, AR, Ar, Sm, Mar are words within 'smarmy'

smarmy is a 6 letter word starting with s
smarmy is a 6 letter word ending with y

1 possible definitions for 'smarmy'

Smarmy as "unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech"

Under this definition, smarmy is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

oily, oleaginous, fulsome, buttery, soapy, unctuous have the same meaning as 'smarmy'

Derivatives of smarmy

fulsomeness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unctuousness, unction, oiliness, smarm are derivatives of 'smarmy'.

Similar to smarmy

insincere is similar to smarmy.

Example of smarmy used within this context

"buttery praise", "gave him a fulsome introduction", "an oily sycophantic press agent", "oleaginous hypocrisy", "smarmy self-importance", "the unctuous Uriah Heep", "soapy compliments"