smarmy

Other forms of smarmy

comparative or superlative

smarmier

comparative or superlative

smarmiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about smarmy

What does smarmy mean?

smarmy means "unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech".

How many syllables are in smarmy?

smarmy has 2 syllables: smar-my. The stress falls on "smar". In IPA it is /ˈsmɑɹmi/.

What is another word for smarmy?

Close synonyms include buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, soapy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is smarmy a common word?

smarmy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.