glib

Senso (Inglese)

Adj

1. Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.
2. (dated) Smooth or slippery.
3. Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued.
4. Snarky or unserious in a disrespectful way.

Verb

To make smooth or slippery.

Noun

A person's mouth or tongue.

Noun

A mass of matted hair worn down over the eyes, formerly common in Ireland.

Verb

To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.

Concetti

loquace

fluente

superficiale

nozionistico

sfuggente

sinonimi

talkative

voluble

smooth

loquacious

garrulous

slick

unctuous

smooth-tongued

pat

fluent

eloquent

glib-tongued

honeymouthed

fair-spoken

chattering

sleeker

slippery

suave

urbane

all mouth and trousers

silver-tongued

slippery as an eel

streamy

talking glibly

well-oiled

all mouth and no trousers

gleam with

glitter with

glibtongued

alert

easy-flowing

articulate

babbling

cajoling

cunning

cursive

flip

flippant

greasy

ingratiating

inoffensive

nonchalant

offhand

oily

silky

Traduzioni

superficial

désinvolte

επιπόλαιος

oberflächlich

çevik

superficial

wortgewandt

schlagfertig

εύγλωττος

akıcılık

επιφανειακός

ελαφρός

αληθοφανής

aalglatt

viu

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɡlɪb/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine inglese: glibbery

In summary

A shortening of either English glibbery (“slippery”) or its source, Low German glibberig, glibberich (“slippery”) / Dutch glibberig (“slippery”).