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smarm

[ smahrm ]

noun

  1. behavior or speech that is smarmy.

smarm

/ smɑːm /

verb

  1. troften foll bydown to flatten (the hair, etc) with cream or grease
  2. whenintr, foll by up to to ingratiate oneself (with)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. obsequious flattery
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of smarm1

First recorded in 1935–40; back formation from smarmy
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Word History and Origins

Origin of smarm1

C19: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

Maybe it’s the exhausting smarm, the squirrelly ambition, the hollow theatrics.

Jimmy Fallon's uncontainable glee is a welcome respite from late night's usual smarm and snark, but that's Fallon's thing.

For such searing, challenging dreams, we have only snark or smarm.

It is wrong to make sex appear as if it were part of the dear-darling-love smarm: the spiritual love.

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