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
  • Plenty of classical musicians have the kind of technical virtuosity that’s simultaneously impressive and glib; expressive virtuosity like Dueñas’s, the ability to guide a piece through a complex emotional landscape without losing narrative coherence — that is infinitely rarer.
    Justin Davidson, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
  • By turns funny, dark, and inspirational in a way that feels hard-earned and genuine rather than glib or saccharine, Alone is a show about seizing the moment that could only have come from Rothwell’s scrupulous examination of her own life.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 10 Sep. 2024
Definition of glib
Adjective
  • Some even pointed to an interview Yang recently conducted with the pop star for Interview magazine, claiming that his comments seemed hypocritical in hindsight given the nature of his SNL performance.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Movie masturbation scenes also highlight our culture’s hypocritical double standard.
    Caroline Madden, Vulture, 8 July 2024
Definition of hypocritical
Adjective
  • The peanut gallery is infinitely more critical and voluble in 2024.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • In Tuesday night's presidential debate, while former President Donald Trump delivered voluble answers often looking and sounding angry, Vice President Harris’ face was doing a lot of work.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 11 Sep. 2024
Definition of voluble
Adjective
  • Others offered themselves as mediators in the sincere (or insincere) hope of minimizing the war’s direct and ancillary costs or even of ending it altogether.
    Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
  • That’s not to say there’s no room for course-correction — Karen’s frenemy Gizelle Bryant suddenly learning how to apologize this season is a good example — but that a sudden personality transplant reads as insincere.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 Nov. 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
  • 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
  • Since celestial twins symbolize the sign, Gemini tends to be unfairly stereotyped as two-faced or manipulative.
    Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 19 May 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
  • Between the lines: Republicans have argued vigorously that the apostrophe placed in the transcript is erroneous and that Biden was actually criticizing individual Trump voters.
    Andrew Solender, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The billionaire responded to reports that he would not be invited to the U.K.’s investment summit with false claims about the release of prisoners in the country, following a trend of erroneous and inflammatory comments directed at the U.K. in recent months.
    Chloe Berger, Fortune Europe, 26 Sep. 2024
Definition of erroneous
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Thesaurus Entries Near smooth-tongued

smooths (out or over)

smooth-tongued

smoothy

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