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smarmed

smarmed is the simple past and past participle of smarm.

Meaning of smarm

Verb

smarm (third-person singular simple present smarms, present participle smarming, simple past and past participle smarmed)

  1. (intransitive) To fawn, to be unctuous.
  2. (transitive) To address in a fawning and unctuous manner.
    • "If you go to her and smarm her, it will be all right."
      "If I do what to her?" asked Mervyn, wondering what the operation of smarming might be.
      "Of course you don't know," laughed Aggie; "it is a school word. You explain what it means, Isabel."
      "To smarm," explained Isabel, "signifies to say 'yes...1874, Frank Usher, A strange love, volume 2, London: Tinsley Bros, page 53

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Questions about smarmed

What is smarmed the simple past and past participle of?
Smarmed is the simple past and past participle of smarm.

Words near smarmed in the dictionary

  1. smaridids
  2. smark
  3. smarketing
  4. smarks
  5. smarm
  6. smarmed
  7. smarmier
  8. smarmiest
  9. smarmily
  10. smarminess
  11. smarming

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