smarmy in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for smarmy in the English»French Dictionary

smarmy [Brit ˈsmɑːmi, Am ˈsmɑrmi] ADJ Brit inf

smarmy manner, person

obséquieux/-ieuse

smarmy tone, voice

doucereux/-euse

to be smarmy

être lèche-bottes inf

he's a smarmy git sl

il est visqueux

Translations for smarmy in the French»English Dictionary

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visqueux (visqueuse) personne, manières

smarmy inf

je n'aime pas son air sucré

I don't like his/her smarmy manner inf

smarmy in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for smarmy in the English»French Dictionary

smarmy [ˈsmɑ:mi, Am ˈsmɑ:r] ADJ pej

smarmy

doucereux(-euse)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He's very smarmy, and usually refers to his students as children.

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You know him -- the smarmy man trying to persuade people to eat the burgers.

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The film itself is otherwise sincere in general, with no real attempt at smarmy black humour or winks to the audience.

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And he's not an everyman; he's a smarmy, arrogant billionaire!

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The character is self-centered, smarmy, quick tempered, and overbearingly insincere.

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It's hard to say if the writers intended much of anything with a character arc that swings so dizzyling from cynical to smarmy.

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I think he would have broken out of that smarmy-announcer role in his 50s and 60s.

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This website will not offend visitors with smarmy overstatements of what's on offer.

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Some of us have smarmy tweens and teens to deal with.

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He's not smarmy like in a lot of his earlier stuff.

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