Definition of Smooth-tongued

1. Adjective. Artfully persuasive in speech. "A smooth-tongued hypocrite"

Exact synonyms: Glib, Glib-tongued
Similar to: Persuasive
Derivative terms: Glibness

Lexicographical Neighbors of Smooth-tongued

smoosh
smooshed
smooshes
smooshing
smooshy
smoot
smooted
smooth
smooth-faced
smooth-haired fox terrier
smooth-leaved
smooth-leaved elm
smooth-shaven
smooth-spoken
smooth-surfaced endoplasmic reticulum
smooth-tongued (current term)
smooth alder
smooth as a baby's bottom
smooth as silk
smooth aster
smooth bark kauri
smooth call
smooth chorion
smooth colony
smooth darling pea
smooth diet
smooth dogfish
smooth down
smooth earthball

Literary usage of Smooth-tongued

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1906)
"... shattered by the cunning, the dishonesty and the imposition of a band of smooth tongued highwaymen, commonly known to us as dishonest tree peddlers. ..."

2. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849: Drawn from Personal Observation and by William Henry Gray (1870)
"The smooth-tongued Jesuits yet remain. LET us now turn our attention from scenes of baseness and treachery to such as can not fail to draw forth the more ..."

3. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Masterpieces by Kuno Francke, Isidore Singer, William Guild Howard (1914)
"Their leader smooth-tongued, the dissembler, the traitor!" MEDEA. " smooth-tongued, the dissembler, ... "A smooth-tongued traitor!" Yea, that is the word! ..."

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