smarmy

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈsmɑː.mi/    美 /ˈsmɑɹ.mi/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Falsely earnest, smug, ingratiating, or pious.
    — a smarmy salesman with a big smile
  2. Unctuous, greasy, as hair from pomade. dated,rare
    — He looked faintly loutish, with smarmy hair and a hint of a moustache.

词形变化

smarmier comparative smarmiest superlative

词汇关系

相关词
smarm smarmily smarminess

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.
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