glib
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7.9
- adjective
- /ɡlɪb/
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superficial
- Many politicians give glib answers during debates, avoiding the real complexities of the problems.
- glib answer
OK, so let's see I I'll try not to be too glib about this.
- OK, so let's see I I'll try not to be too glib about this.
- And what if there was something else that he had tossed off in the same kind of glib way that came back to haunt him?
- I think that's what conman Speaking of Bernie Madoff, that's one of their major tools is flattery, glib, superficial charm.
- Like a very glib cultural conflict removed from the things that are important in our lives.
- I don't mean that as a glib joke, not that meth is so great, but it, it, it, it, it such a negative effect on people.
- And it was just this glib ho hum attitude from the government's locking us down, you know, because people over profits, right?
- I got it sort of a glib judgmental, you know, thing.
- But sometimes I'd be glib and be like, I'm Asian, I love work people.
- And so it, it, I don't know, I, you know, I don't know how people will process that is glib or elegant or, you know, whatever.
Examples
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What we want is the glib aria of disastrous love, which is, finally, the purest expression of self-contempt.
Fiction book (2002) -
When they are working well, academic journals discourage arguments that are glib, sloppy, or circular.
Academic text (2016) -
Guys, can we not be glib about this, please?
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Like a very glib cultural conflict removed from the things that are important in our lives.
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Any comment, sir?" Joe forced a smile, searching for a glib response.
Fiction book (2001) -
OK, so let's see I I'll try not to be too glib about this.
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I'm not trying to be glib.
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The strength of this research is that it does not attempt to offer glib or simplistic answers to complex problems.
Academic text (2008) -
I would really appreciate it if you wouldn't be terribly glib just now, Max.
Fiction book (1992) -
The Nation was maddeningly glib: there was no conceivable question it didn't have an answer for.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
91
4.7
Very smooth and attractive but not sincere or deep
3
7.9
Able to speak in a way that charms and persuades people
3
7.6
An answer that is too simple and seems not sincere
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8.2
Seeming important or impressive but lacking real meaning and honesty
Someone who speaks smoothly and convincingly but does not seem honest
Someone who persuades people using clever, dishonest talk
Antonyms
Compounds
How Insincere
Surface Forms
Etymology
Glib probably comes from an old German word glibberig that meant 'slippery' or 'slimy'. Think of glib talk as 'sliding' off like something slippery: it sounds smooth but is not sincere, which explains why a glib person seems fluent yet shallow.