smarmy

Words with a similar base: smarmy

'smarmy'

[buttery.s.01] as in: unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech

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

Origins

					smarmy (English)
└── smarm (English)

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