smooth talking
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
verb
present participle and gerund of smooth talk
Example Sentences
- "No one addressed these issues when I posed this question some smarmy, smooth talking lecturer reiterated as if I were some innocent who had just woken up from my cradle."
- "But it was my mother's decision to take me to a psychiatrist as a young child for "selective mutism", (a period of time without talking to certain people in my case) after a smooth talking cousin attempted to do things with me on the old farm, and I was not informed of those things as children are today."
- "Why do so many women turn into drooling idiots when it comes to a smooth talking man?”"
- "I never really trusted Richard, but you certainly were won over by his smooth talking and intelligent ideas."
- "A combination of subtle pressure and smooth talking can make you feel that you are somehow either out of line or missing out on something great if you want to take it at a pace you are comfortable with."
- "I was lower than low in the face of a reality that none of my usual resourcefulness or smooth talking could erase or make better."
Usage
Inflected Forms
more smooth talking (comparative)
most smooth talking (superlative)