| Main Entry: | smarmy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unctuous |
Synonyms: |
buttery, fulsome, insincere, oily, oleaginous, sleek, smooth*, smug, suave |
| Main Entry: | fulsome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sickening or excessive behavior |
Synonyms: |
adulatory, bombastic, buttery, canting, cloying, coarse, extravagant, fawning, flattering, glib, grandiloquent, hypocritical, immoderate, ingratiating, inordinate, insincere, magniloquent, mealy-mouthed, nauseating, offensive, oily, oleaginous, overdone, saccharine, sanctimonious, slick*, slimy*, smarmy, smooth, suave, sycophantic, unctuous, wheedling |
Antonyms: |
reasonable, sincere |
| Main Entry: | ingratiating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fawning, servile |
Synonyms: |
charming, crawling, deferential, disarming, flattering, humble, insinuating, obsequious, saccharine, serving, silken, smarmy, soft, sycophantic, toadying, unctuous |
Antonyms: |
deterring, disgusting, repellent |
| Main Entry: | oily |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flattering |
Synonyms: |
bland*, cajoling, coaxing, compliant, fulsome, glib, gushing, hypocritical, ingratiating, insinuating, obsequious, plausible, servile, slick, smarmy, smooth, smooth-tongued, suave, supple, unctuous |
Antonyms: |
hateful |
| Main Entry: | smooth |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suave in behavior |
Synonyms: |
agreeable, bland, civilized, courteous, courtly, facile, genial, glib, ingratiating, mellow, mild, persuasive, pleasant, polite, slick, smarmy, unctuous, urbane |
Antonyms: |
coarse, rough, uncool |
| Main Entry: | unctuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ingratiating |
Synonyms: |
buttery, fulsome, insincere, oleaginous, smarmy, smooth, smug, suave |
Antonyms: |
genuine, sincere |
| Main Entry: | ingratiatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insinuating |
Synonyms: |
charming, crawling, deferential, disarming, flattering, humble, ingratiating, obsequious, saccharine, serving, silken, smarmy, soft, sugary, sycophantic, toadying, unctuous |
| Main Entry: | insinuating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attempting to gain favor |
Synonyms: |
charming, crawling, deferential, disarming, flattering, humble, ingratiating, ingratiatory, obsequious, saccharine, serving, silken, smarmy, soft, sugary, sycophantic, toadying, unctuous |
| Main Entry: | insinuative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insinuating |
Synonyms: |
charming, crawling, deferential, disarming, flattering, humble, insinuatory, obsequious, saccharine, serving, silken, smarmy, soft, suggestive, sycophantic, toadying, unctuous |
| Main Entry: | insinuatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insinuating |
Synonyms: |
charming, crawling, deferential, disarming, flattering, humble, insinuative, obsequious, saccharine, serving, silken, smarmy, soft, suggestive, sycophantic, toadying, unctuous |