Smarmy vs. Swarthy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Smarmy and Swarthy
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Smarmy
Excessively ingratiating or insincerely earnest.
Swarthy
Having a dark complexion or color.
Smarmy
Relating to or indulging in lewd conduct; smutty
Smarmy jokes.
Swarthy
Tawny, dusky, dark.
Smarmy
Falsely earnest, smug, ingratiating, or pious.
A smarmy salesman with a big smile
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Swarthy
Dark-skinned; Black.
Smarmy
Unctuous, greasy, as hair from pomade
Swarthy
Darker-skinned than white, but lighter-skinned than tawny; tan.
Smarmy
Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech;
Buttery praise
Gave him a fulsome introduction
An oily sycophantic press agent
Oleaginous hypocrisy
Smarmy self-importance
The unctuous Uriah Heep
Swarthy
A dark grey color.
Swarthy
(nonstandard) Evil, malicious.
Swarthy
(nonstandard) Weathered, rough.
Swarthy
A swarthy person.
Swarthy
Being of a dark hue or dusky complexion; tawny; swart; as, swarthy faces.
Their swarthy hosts would darken all our plains.
Swarthy
To make swarthy.
Swarthy
Naturally having skin of a dark color;
A dark-skinned beauty
Gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks
A smile on his swarthy face
`swart' is archaic
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