[ adj ] unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech <adj.all> buttery praisegave him a fulsome introduction an oily sycophantic press agent oleaginous hypocrisy smarmy self-importance the unctuous Uriah Heep soapy compliments
They answer simply, "Yes." The most popular of those commercials stars "Saturday Night Live" comic Kevin Nealon in his smarmy "Mr.
Mr. Rocco does a marvelous comic turn as Cardinal Rocco, in the manner of a cheerfully smarmy show-business agent.
So do such dramatic Old Reliables as Mancuso's ambitious yuppie superior, a smarmy TV anchor lady, and even a shadowy figure who tries to drive over Nick and an apparently key potential witness at night.
Terence Stamp phones in his part as a smarmy British rancher and Jack Palance plays Jack Palance, his bad-guy antagonist in New Mexico's Lincoln County war of 1878.
This slight, smarmy movie got big mileage at the art houses for reasons that mystify.
Her boss is the smarmy Katharine Parker (Siguorney Weaver), who professes to be democratic but steals Tess' ideas and demeans her as much as the male superiors.
Horgan is in the midst of a bitter campaign for his seat against the smarmy Nico Della Guardia.
He is wooed by a variety of smarmy agents and signs with an Oriental-looking loony (Martin Short, who receives no billing).
Andre Gregory does a nice turn as Jonathan's elegantly smarmy editor.