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schmeichlerisch — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fulsome adj Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive.
  • ingratiating adj Which ingratiates; which attempts to bring oneself into the favour of another, often with flattery or insincerity; smarmy; unctuous; oily.
  • smarmy adjective Excessively flattering or ingratiating in an insincere, oily way.

Senses

schmeichlerisch is used for these senses in English:

  • fulsome Excessively flattering (connoting insincerity).
  • smarmy Falsely earnest, smug, ingratiating, or pious.

fulsome — full definition

  1. adj Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive.
  2. adj Excessively flattering (connoting insincerity).
  3. adj Characterised or marked by fullness; abundant, copious.
  4. adj Fully developed; mature.

Related German words