smarmy

• Describe a una persona que es excesivamente cortés, aduladora o servil de un modo que parece falso y desagradable. Se aplica también a un comportamiento o estilo que resulta empalagoso y poco sincero.

Describes a person who is excessively polite, flattering, or ingratiating in a way that seems insincere and unpleasant.

1. Excessively ingratiatingC1informalbritish

   Behaving in a way that is unpleasantly polite and flattering, often to gain favor.

   adulador empalagoso

   • The salesman was so smarmy that I didn't trust him.
   • She gave a smarmy smile while complimenting the boss.
   • His smarmy remarks made everyone uncomfortable.

   Sinónimosfawninggrovellingingratiatingobsequiousservilesycophanticunctuous

   Antónimosbluntcandiddirectfrankgenuinesincerestraightforward