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SMARMINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does smarminess mean?
• SMARMINESS (noun)
The noun SMARMINESS has 1 sense:
1. smug self-serving earnestness
Familiarity information: SMARMINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Smug self-serving earnestness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
fulsomeness; oiliness; oleaginousness; smarminess; unction; unctuousness
Hypernyms ("smarminess" is a kind of...):
hypocrisy (insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have)
Derivation:
smarmy (unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech)
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