Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to smarm
Participle: smarmed
Gerund: smarming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | smarm |
| you | smarm |
| he;she;it | smarms |
| we | smarm |
| you | smarm |
| they | smarm |
Perfect
| I | have smarmed |
| you | have smarmed |
| he;she;it | has smarmed |
| we | have smarmed |
| you | have smarmed |
| they | have smarmed |
Past
| I | smarmed |
| you | smarmed |
| he;she;it | smarmed |
| we | smarmed |
| you | smarmed |
| they | smarmed |
Pluperfect
| I | had smarmed |
| you | had smarmed |
| he;she;it | had smarmed |
| we | had smarmed |
| you | had smarmed |
| they | had smarmed |
Future
| I | will smarm |
| you | will smarm |
| he;she;it | will smarm |
| we | will smarm |
| you | will smarm |
| they | will smarm |
Future Perfect
| I | will have smarmed |
| you | will have smarmed |
| he;she;it | will have smarmed |
| we | will have smarmed |
| you | will have smarmed |
| they | will have smarmed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | smarm |
| you | smarm |
| he;she;it | smarm |
| we | smarm |
| you | smarm |
| they | smarm |
Perfect
| I | have smarmed |
| you | have smarmed |
| he;she;it | have smarmed |
| we | have smarmed |
| you | have smarmed |
| they | have smarmed |
Imperfect
| I | smarmed |
| you | smarmed |
| he;she;it | smarmed |
| we | smarmed |
| you | smarmed |
| they | smarmed |
Pluperfect
| I | had smarmed |
| you | had smarmed |
| he;she;it | had smarmed |
| we | had smarmed |
| you | had smarmed |
| they | had smarmed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would smarm |
| you | would smarm |
| he;she;it | would smarm |
| we | would smarm |
| you | would smarm |
| they | would smarm |
Perfect
| I | would have smarmed |
| you | would have smarmed |
| he;she;it | would have smarmed |
| we | would have smarmed |
| you | would have smarmed |
| they | would have smarmed |
Imperative
| you | smarm |
| we | Let's smarm |
| you | smarm |
Verbs conjugated like 'smarm'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'smarm'
swarm,
alarm,
arm,
barm,
charm,
dearm,
enarm,
farm,
harm,
maim,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
The noun is attested since 1914, from the colloquial verb smalm, smarm (“to smear, bedaub (hair, with pomade)”), attested since 1847, of unknown origin, perhaps somehow suggestive of the action. Verbal meaning "to smear with flattery" is from 1902.
Sample Sentences
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"If you go to her and smarm her, it will be all right."
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"If I do what to her?" asked Mervyn, wondering what the operation of smarming might be.
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"Of course you don't know," laughed Aggie; "it is a school word. You explain what it means, Isabel."
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"To smarm," explained Isabel, "signifies to say 'yes ma'am,' or 'yes marm,' to a governess when she is rating you. It is ah expressive word, isn't it? It means 'to conciliate by assent;' that is the best definition that I can give of it."
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"Excellent word," said Mervyn. "Then. I am to smarm your mamma, am I, Aggie?["] [1874, Frank Usher, A strange love, volume 2, London: Tinsley Bros, page 53:]
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He rose ... on his wife's fortune and judicious smarming of powerful people. [1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine:]