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Definition: Smarm |
SmarmNoun1. Excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: SmarmSynonyms: fulsomeness (n), unction (n). (additional references) |
| "Smarm" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Smarm" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "smarm": smarm one's hair down. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "smarm"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | lajkatoj (adulate, Blandish, blarney, butter up, cajole, coax, flatter, make up to, palaver, play up to, soft soap, wheedle), i lëpihem. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | намазвам (anoint, embrocate, grease, paint, smear), замазвам (gloss, gloss over, lute, seal, slur over, smooth out, soft pedal, stifle, varnish, veneer), подмазвам се (crouch, curry favor, curry favour, fawn, ingratiate smb., slaver), изглаждам (adjust, atone, calender, face, file, iron out, level, make up, patch, patch up, plane, planish, polish, polish up, press out, reconcile, sleek, slick, smooth, sponge out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lesimít (even, sleek, to bur, to burr, to level down, to press down, to scrape, to sleek, to slick down, to smarm, to smooth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | slaa (bedaub, besmear, blotch of colour, dash, daub, daubing, paint; blotting, painting, plaster, smear, smearing; dab of paint, spatter, spread, spreading). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | armsmay alisar (basil, comb, dab, dub, fettle, grind, level, make smooth, planish, preen, prink, rake, rake up, scrape, smooth). (various references) ублажать, прилизывать. (various references) biti uvlakač, biti čankolizac. (various references) alisarse y fijarse el pelo (smarm one's hair down). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "smarm": smarmier, smarmiest, smarmily, smarminess, smarminesses, smarms, smarmy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-m-m-r-s" | |
-1 letter: arms, mars, rams. | |
-2 letters: arm, ars, mar, mas, ram, ras. | |
-3 letters: am, ar, as, ma, mm. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-m-m-r-s" | |
+1 letter: smarms, smarmy. | |
+2 letters: dammars, dammers, gammers, grammes, hammers, jammers, maimers, mammers, marmots, marrams, mimbars, mismark, rammers, rammish, shammer, slammer, spammer, stammer, summary, yammers. | |
+3 letters: alarmism, almemars, ammeters, clammers, crammers, grammars, macrames, marasmic, marasmus, marimbas, marksman, marksmen, marmites, marmoset, masurium, mermaids, metamers, misframe, mismarks, moralism, racemism, rammiest, rummages, samarium, scrammed, shammers, slammers, smarmier, smarmily, spammers, stammers, trammels, wommeras. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6D 61 72 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -- .- .-. -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101101 01100001 01110010 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S m a r m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006D 0061 0072 006D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5379678479 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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