• Excessive blarney
• Excessive flattery
• Excessively flattering behavior
• False earnestness
• False flattery
• Fawning flattery
• Gushing flattery
• Ingratiating behavior
• Insincere flattery
• Obsequious flattery
• Oiliness
• Overly ingratiating language
• Unctuous behavior
• Unctuous flattery
• Excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm
to smarm over smb. - льстить кому-л.
1. приглаживать, прилизывать (часто ~ down)
2. ублажать; подлизываться
to ~ over smb. - льстить кому-л.
smarm vi BrE infml He's smarming all over his girl Он не знает как угодить своей возлюбленной He smarmed his way into her confidence Он влез к ней и доверие