glib
/glib/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Artfully persuasive in speech: Describes someone who speaks in a smooth, easy, and often insincere way that is intended to be persuasive or to avoid dealing with something seriously.
- Having only superficial plausibility: Describes remarks, promises, or explanations that seem acceptable or convincing on the surface but lack depth, thought, or sincerity.
- Marked by a lack of intellectual depth: Describes comments or answers that are overly simplistic, quick, and show little serious consideration of a complex subject.
Usage Examples
- Describing persuasive but insincere speech:
- The politician's glib answers failed to address the real concerns of the voters.
- Beware of salespeople with a glib tongue; they might not be telling you the whole truth.
- Describing superficially plausible statements:
- He made glib promises about reform that he had no intention of keeping.
- The report offered only glib explanations for the company's failure.
- Describing a lack of depth:
- Her glib response to the philosophical question revealed she hadn't really thought about it.
- We need a detailed analysis, not just glib generalizations.
Advanced Usage
- "Glib talk/tongue": A common collocation emphasizing smooth, persuasive, and often deceptive speech.
- He is known for his glib talk, but his actions rarely match his words.
- "Glib assurance": An assurance given too easily and without proper basis.
- I wasn't comforted by his glib assurance that everything would be fine.
Variants and Related Words
- Glibness (noun): The quality of being glib.
- The glibness of his apology made it seem insincere.
- Glib-tongued (adjective): An older, compound form meaning having a glib tongue.
- The glib-tongued rogue convinced them to part with their money.
Synonyms
- Superficial: Concerned only with the obvious or apparent.
- Facile: (Often disapproving) Ignoring the true complexities of an issue; arrived at without due care or effort.
- Slick: (Especially of speech or writing) Done or operating in an impressively smooth and efficient way, sometimes implying a lack of sincerity.
- Smooth-tongued: Persuasive in speech, often deceptively so.
Antonyms
- Thoughtful: Showing careful consideration or attention.
- Sincere: Free from pretense or deceit; genuine.
- Profound: Having or showing great knowledge or insight.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- A glib tongue: A natural ability to speak easily and persuasively, often with a negative connotation of insincerity.
- He could sell anything with that glib tongue of his.
- Glib excuses: Excuses that are made too readily and seem untrustworthy.
- The teacher was tired of hearing glib excuses for unfinished homework.
Adjective
- artfully persuasive in speech
- a glib tongue
- a smooth-tongued hypocrite
- having only superficial plausibility
- glib promises
- a slick commercial
- marked by lack of intellectual depth
- glib generalizations
- a glib response to a complex question