smack of
phrasal verb
smacked of; smacking of; smacks of
: to seem to contain or involve (something unpleasant)
That suggestion smacks of hypocrisy.
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That smacks of a frightening Big Brother possibility.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
Del Toro’s early roles (in 1990s cult films such as The Usual Suspects and Excess Baggage) smacked of knockoff Marlon Brando: all movement, mumbling charm, and giddy chaos.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 6 June 2025
Cuomo and other moderate critics of Mamdani have lambasted his promises as unrealistic, along with saying his positions on Gaza and Palestinians smack of antisemitism.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
The attempt to market Thunderbolts*, directed by Beef’s Jake Schreier, via its connections to A24 has smacked of sweaty desperation, but what the studio seems to be trying to say is that, by the standards of the MCU, this installment is basically filled with its answer to character actors.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
Del Toro’s early roles (in 1990s cult films such as The Usual Suspects and Excess Baggage) smacked of knockoff Marlon Brando: all movement, mumbling charm, and giddy chaos.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 6 June 2025
Cuomo and other moderate critics of Mamdani have lambasted his promises as unrealistic, along with saying his positions on Gaza and Palestinians smack of antisemitism.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
The attempt to market Thunderbolts*, directed by Beef’s Jake Schreier, via its connections to A24 has smacked of sweaty desperation, but what the studio seems to be trying to say is that, by the standards of the MCU, this installment is basically filled with its answer to character actors.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Smack of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smack%20of. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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