smarmy

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
- "smarmy self-importance"

Adj

Falsely earnest, smug, ingratiating, or pious.
Unctuous, greasy, as hair from pomade.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

buttery, flattering, fulsome, gushing, ingratiating, oily, oleaginous, smug, soapy, unctuous

Scrabble Score: 13

smarmy is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
smarmy is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
smarmy is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

smarmy is a valid Words With Friends word