smarminess

English Thesaurus

1. smug self-serving earnestness (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	hypocrisy,
definition	:	insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous,
definition	:	unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech (adj.all)

derivation	:	buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous,
definition	:	unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech (adj.all)