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What is the adjective for smarmy?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb smarm which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

smarmy
  1. Falsely earnest, smug, or ingratiating.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sycophantic, unctuous, ingratiating, obsequious, fawning, oily, flattering, oleaginous, soapy, slimy, slick, smooth, gushing, suave, fulsome, sucky, greasy, grovelling, groveling, insincere, buttery, creepy, smug, toadying, servile, bootlicking, crawling, adulatory, saccharine, deferential, gushy, cringing, subservient, glib, Uriah Heepish, brown-nosing, humble, cloying, toadyish, slavish, smooth-tongued, silver-tongued, hagiographical, hagiographic, nauseating, arse-licking, smooth-talking, sugary, ass-kissing, submissive … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The astuteness and rapier-like quality of his writing doesn't need smarmy expletive witticisms to back it up.”
      “Never mind that as he reads from the monitor, Springer radiates smarmy insincerity.”
      “A smarmy radio station Director considers himself positively brilliant by getting rid of a troublesome author through insincere flattery.”
smarmier
  1. comparative form of smarmy: more smarmy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. oilier, soapier, slimier, slicker, smoother, suaver, fulsomer, suckier, greasier, butterier, creepier, smugger, more sycophantic, more unctuous, more ingratiating, more obsequious, more flattering, more oleaginous, more gushing, more insincere, more servile, more adulatory, more deferential, gushier, more subservient, glibber, more Uriah Heepish, humbler, more cloying, more toadyish, more slavish, more smooth-tongued, more silver-tongued, more hagiographic, more nauseating, more smooth-talking, sugarier, more submissive, more charming, softer, more mealy-mouthed, abjecter, more reverential, more truckling, more wheedling, more disarming, more honey-tongued, more effusive, more honeyed, more encomiastic … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He goes next to Barcelona, where he discovers that Felix has become even smarmier and has somehow managed to marry Annie.”
smarmiest
  1. superlative form of smarmy: most smarmy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. oiliest, soapiest, slimiest, slickest, smoothest, suavest, fulsomest, suckiest, greasiest, butteriest, creepiest, smuggest, most sycophantic, most unctuous, most ingratiating, most obsequious, most flattering, most oleaginous, most gushing, most insincere, most servile, most adulatory, most deferential, gushiest, most subservient, glibbest, most Uriah Heepish, humblest, most cloying, most toadyish, most slavish, most smooth-tongued, most silver-tongued, most hagiographic, most nauseating, most smooth-talking, sugariest, most submissive, most charming, softest, most mealy-mouthed, abjectest, most reverential, most truckling, most wheedling, most disarming, most honey-tongued, most effusive, most honeyed, most encomiastic … more
smarmed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of smarm
  2. Synonyms:
      3. ingratiated yourself, crawled, grovelled, groveled, pandered, toadied, bootlicked, brownnosed, curry favoured with, curry favored with, curried favour, curry favored, crept to, cozied up, got in good with, gotten in good with, gained the favor of, sucked up to, played up to, made overtures, apple-polished, got on the right side of, gotten on the right side of, got in with, gotten in with, flattered, buttered up, truckled, kept someone sweet, rubbed up the right way, kowtowed, danced attendance on, brown-nosed, soft-soaped, bowed and scraped, blandished, creeped, prostrated oneself, sucked up, sweet-talked, fawned on, made up to, fawned, crept, ingratiated oneself with, fallen all over, fell all over, humbled oneself, tried to win over, tried to get on the good side of … more
smarming
  1. present participle of smarm
  2. Synonyms:
      3. ingratiating yourself, crawling, grovelling, groveling, pandering, toadying, bootlicking, brownnosing, curry favouring with, curry favoring with, currying favour, curry favoring, creeping to, cozying up, getting in good with, gaining the favor of, sucking up to, playing up to, making overtures, apple-polishing, getting on the right side of, getting in with, buttering up, flattering, rubbing up the right way, dancing attendance on, keeping someone sweet, kowtowing, truckling, falling all over, brown-nosing, fawning on, sucking up, prostrating oneself, ingratiating oneself with, fawning, making up to, bowing and scraping, sweet-talking, soft-soaping, blandishing, creeping, wooing, cowering, paying court to, getting round, humbling oneself, eating humble pie, toadying to, abasing oneself to … more
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