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. silver-tongued
  8. erroneous
Adjective
  • But there’s no icy chill to his vision, only the glib confidence that a feel-good montage or a piercing Anohni and the Johnsons ballad will blind us to his film’s lack of human connection.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Eidra pushes her tendency to get glib and sarcastic rather than risk being vulnerable and honest to its farthest limits.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of glib
Adjective
  • The fine was controversial to begin with, as fans and pundits pointed out the NFL’s business with beer sponsors such as Bud Light and called the sensitivity over the celebration hypocritical.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2026
  • In his appeal, Juszczyk also argued that fining players for pretending to drink beer was hypocritical given the NFL’s beer sponsorships.
    — Rick Maese, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of hypocritical
Adjective
  • Pan-African socialist Richard Moore, tall and voluble, gets suitably fired up when radicalism, politics and racial pride are the subjects.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • At least Mourinho could reflect on a happy outcome for Real Madrid, even if their 2-1 victory against Inter was far from convincing and accompanied by voluble disapproval from the home crowd, much of it aimed at Vinicius Junior.
    — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of voluble
Adjective
  • None of the warnings being made about these models by industry insiders are at all insincere.
    — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Leigh feared the tracks might be too arch, too pretentious, too insincere.
    — Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of insincere
Adjective
  • At 59, Romans is worldly, well-spoken and well-educated.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
  • The stars were well-read and well-spoken, and academically motivated, some graduating in three years.
    — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Definition of well-spoken
Adjective
  • This symbol is used to communicate betrayal or being two-faced.
    — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 22 June 2026
  • The architecture is two-faced — and everyone inside the organization eventually reads it.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 12 May 2026
Definition of two-faced
Adjective
  • Kevin Klose was silver-haired, silver-tongued, and the gold standard for broadcast journalists.
    — Scott Simon, NPR, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Though Harper has often been quick to be silver-tongued in her evisceration of Yasmin, there is, indeed, love lost between them.
    — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2026
Definition of silver-tongued
Adjective
  • According to a lawsuit, a coding error resulted in erroneous scores being generated and reported to third parties over a three-week period between March and April 2022.
    — Brian Sloan,Dan Avery, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
  • While descending, deputies said the climber ran into trouble after following an erroneous GPS route that led him onto the Whitney Glacier.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
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