Greg Gutfeld

I hate 'Rolling Stone' - because I loved it so much. I had the 'Cheap Tricks' cover and the Clash cover on my wall for years, and I just hate what happened to it. It just became the smarmy grad student that sits next to you on the bus.

American Author

Ty Burrell

I've played a lot of really smarmy people in film, and it can be real fun, don't get me wrong. But it can be characters I'm not as excited to explore.

American Actor

Carolyn See

Gillespie and I' is a deliciously morbid, almost smutty story, a compendium of inappropriate wants and smarmy desires.

Adam Brody

I worry that I can come off smarmy. I wonder if I was listening to myself if I'd want to kick my own ass.

Using 'smarmy' suggests someone is not genuine and can create a negative impression of the person described.

Negative Impression

'Smarmy' is not simple flattery; it implies excessive sweetness or charm used manipulatively.

Not Flattery

Consider the context; 'smarmy' often suggests that the polite behavior is out of place or inappropriate.