Glib

[glɪb]

Definition

(adj.) artfully persuasive in speech; 'a glib tongue'; 'a smooth-tongued hypocrite' .

(adj.) having only superficial plausibility; 'glib promises'; 'a slick commercial' .

(adj.) marked by lack of intellectual depth; 'glib generalizations'; 'a glib response to a complex question' .

Edited by Ben--From WordNet

Definition

(superl.) Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib.

(superl.) Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech.

(v. t.) To make glib.

(n.) A thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes.

(v. t.) To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.

Editor: Pedro

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Smooth, slippery.[2]. Voluble, fluent, ready, talkative, flippant, nimble of speech, ready in speech, of a ready tongue.

v. a. Castrate, geld, emasculate, deprive of virility.

Checker: Raffles

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Slippery, voluble, smooth, fluent, ready, talkative, flippant

ANT:Rough, abrupt, hesitating, stammering, Glimmer,[See GLARE]

Typist: Serena

Definition

adj. moving easily: voluble.—v.i. to move freely.—adv. Glib′ly.—n. Glib′ness.

n. (Spens.) a bush of hair hanging over the eyes.

v.t. (Shak.) to emasculate to castrate.

Checker: Mitchell

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