Glibness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a kind of fluent easy superficiality

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɡˈʌlfiɪst/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡlˈɪbnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡlˈɪbnəs/

2 syllables Say it as /ɡˈʌlfiɪst/.

Examples

the glibness of a high-pressure salesman

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

slickness

Parts of Speech

noun	a kind of fluent easy superficiality “the glibness of a high-pressure salesman”

Word Forms

glib	adjective	having only superficial plausibility
slick	adjective	having only superficial plausibility

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Zungenfertigkeit

eine Art fließende, leichte Oberflächlichkeit

🇫🇷French

bagou

une sorte de superficialité fluide et facile

🇪🇸Spanish

labia

una especie de superficialidad fácil y fluida

🇮🇹Italian

disinvoltura

una sorta di fluente facile superficialità

🇳🇱Dutch

welbespraaktheid

een soort vloeiende, gemakkelijke oppervlakkigheid

🇵🇹Portuguese

loquacidade

uma espécie de superficialidade fluente e fácil

🇷🇺Russian

бойкость

своего рода плавная легкая поверхностность

India

🇮🇳Hindi

शब्द-बाहुल्य

एक प्रकार की धाराप्रवाह आसान सतहीपन

🇧🇩Bengali

চকচকেতা

এক ধরনের সাবলীল সহজ সুপারফিশিয়ালিটি

🇮🇳Tamil

சுறுசுறுப்பு

ஒரு வகையான சரளமான எளிதான மேலோட்டமான தன்மை

🇮🇳Marathi

चमक

एक प्रकारचा अस्खलित सोपा वरवरचा

🇮🇳Gujarati

ચમક

એક પ્રકારની અસ્ખલિત સરળ સુપરફિસિલિટી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಜಿಗುಪ್ಸೆ

ಒಂದು ರೀತಿಯ ನಿರರ್ಗಳ ಸುಲಭ ಮೇಲ್ನೋಟ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚਮਕ

ਇੱਕ ਕਿਸਮ ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰਵਾਹ ਆਸਾਨ ਸਤਹੀਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

چمک

ایک قسم کی روانی آسان سطحی پن

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

油嘴滑舌

一种流畅轻松的肤浅

🇯🇵Japanese

口下手

一種の流暢で簡単な表面性

🇰🇷Korean

명랑함

일종의 유창하고 쉬운 피상성

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự lấp lánh

một kiểu hời hợt trôi chảy dễ dàng

🇹🇭Thai

ความแวววาว

ผิวเผินง่าย ๆ ได้อย่างคล่องแคล่ว

🇮🇩Indonesian

kelancaran

semacam kedangkalan yang mudah dan lancar

🇵🇭Filipino

kinang

isang uri ng matatas na madaling mababaw

🇲🇾Malay

kecemerlangan

sejenis kedangkalan mudah fasih

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عفوية

نوع من السطحية السهلة بطلاقة

🇮🇷Persian

نازک بودن

نوعی سطحی نگری آسان روان

🇹🇷Turkish

akıcılık

bir tür akıcı kolay yüzeysellik

🇮🇱Hebrew

חֲלָקוּת לָשׁוֹן

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