smarm
/smɑrm/
noun
- Insincere flattery or charm used to get what you want.
- His speech was full of smarm, but nobody believed a word he said.
- I can't stand all the smarm in that office; everyone is just pretending to be nice.
- The politician's smarm turned off the voters who wanted honesty.
verb
- To say or do nice things in a way that is not sincere, usually to get something you want.
- He tried to smarm his way into a promotion by complimenting the boss every day.
- The salesman smarmed over the customers, but everyone saw through his act.
- She smarmed her teachers with fake praise to get better grades.