smarmy

  • (s) unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
    • buttery praise
    • gave him a fulsome introduction
    • an oily sycophantic press agent
    • oleaginous hypocrisy
    • smarmy self-importance
    • the unctuous Uriah Heep
    • soapy compliments
    buttery, fulsome, oleaginous, unctuous, oily, soapy,

Synonyms

buttery fulsome oleaginous unctuous oily soapy

Words of close approximity

smarm smart
smarta