smarmy

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. Falsely earnest, smug, ingratiating, or pious.
  2. (dated, rare) Unctuous, greasy, as hair from pomade.

Übersetzungen

راضٍ عَن نَفْسِه

υποκριτικός

αυτάρεσκος

κόλακας

autosatisfait

autocompiaciuto

Frequenz

46k
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈsmɑː.mi/
Etymologie (Englisch)

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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