smooth-tongued

adjective

Definition of smooth-tonguednext
1
as in glib

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2
as in hypocritical

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smooth-tongued
  1. glib
  2. hypocritical
  3. voluble
  4. insincere
  5. well-spoken
  6. two-faced
  7. facile
  8. erroneous
Adjective
  • Combine principles with experience Anyone can send out glib; motivational rubbish based on principles.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
  • No Good Deed has no such force to mitigate the glib jokes and exhausting, seemingly random left turns.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of glib
Adjective
  • Jamie Bernstein considers the attitude hypocritical.
    Miguel Sirgado, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
  • There are several moments in which Stewart comes off as hypocritical and lacking self-awareness.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of hypocritical
Adjective
  • Still, the response from the industry to the 2024 reports and their full-throated call for adaptation in parallel with mitigation has been, if not muted, then less than voluble.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
  • And in Times Square, where a dense orchestra of honking horns, idling motors, chattering tourists, and voluble vendors can push sound levels north of 90 decibels, the song’s unmistakable tinny beat and pogoing piano loop manage to cut through the din.
    Max Cea, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of voluble
Adjective
  • Personalization is key to effective cold emailing, but doing it wrong can make your emails feel insincere or even drive people away.
    Samuel Darwin, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Carolyn Hax: Do superlative compliments start to feel insincere?
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
Definition of insincere
Adjective
  • In many such films, Naveen (Karan Soni) would be the most desirable of matches for a female protagonist: good-looking, well-spoken and a working doctor.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
  • These kids are kind, well-spoken, talented and clever.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2023
Definition of well-spoken
Adjective
  • Caesar's Julian calendar set January 1st as the official start of the year to honor the Roman god Janus, the god of beginnings and transitions, who was symbolized by a two-faced figure looking both forward and backward.
    Brandi D. Addison, The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • During the live stream on Thursday, Wiggins claimed that Reynolds, the ex-husband of Star Jones, is jealous, two-faced and attempting to sabotage the show, which runs on the Fox Soul streaming service.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 14 June 2024
Definition of two-faced
Adjective
  • The benefit of all of this, of course, is a shift toward recognizing, at least in the zeitgeist, the seemingly facile truth: that moms have identities and desires beyond being moms.
    Cady Lang, TIME, 24 May 2024
  • The commentary on social media is mostly facile, although a humiliating trick played on Nikki is devilishly funny and some of the flashback-recap sequences make zippy use of online video.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2024
Definition of facile
Adjective
  • Fame-first culture is particularly rampant among younger generations who have bought into the idea that fame signals value—an erroneous inference that a person who is well-known for something must have achieved something.
    Matt Reynolds, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • That conviction was overturned by the 8th Ohio District Court of Appeals in 2011, which cited erroneous and confusing jury instructions as the reason for reversing the ruling, per Cleveland.com.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of erroneous
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Thesaurus Entries Near smooth-tongued

smooths (out or over)

smooth-tongued

smoothy

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