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11unctuous — adjective formal too friendly and praising people too much in a way that seems very insincere: There is something smug and unctuous about him. unctuously adverb unctuousness noun (U) …
12unctuous — adjective she sees through his unctuous manners Syn: sycophantic, ingratiating, obsequious, fawning, servile, groveling, subservient, cringing, humble, hypocritical, insincere, gushing, effusive; glib, smooth, slick, slippery, oily …
13unctuous — unctuously, adv. unctuousness, unctuosity /ungk chooh os i tee/, n. /ungk chooh euhs/, adj. 1. characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, esp. in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug. 2. of the nature of or… …
14unctuous — Synonyms and related words: Pecksniffian, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, adipose, adulatory, affected, bland, blandishing, blarneying, blubbery, buttery, butyraceous, cajoling, canting, chrismal, chrismatory, complimentary, courtierly, courtly,… …
15unctuous — unc|tu|ous [ˈʌŋktʃuəs] adj formal [Date: 1300 1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: unctuosus, from Latin unctum ointment , from unguere; UNGUENT] too friendly and praising people too much in a way that seems very insincere >unctuously adv… …
16unctuous — unc|tu|ous [ ʌŋktʃuəs ] adjective FORMAL seeming interested, friendly, or full of praise, but in a way that is unpleasant because it is not sincere ╾ unc|tu|ous|ly adverb ╾ unc|tu|ous|ness noun uncount …
17unctuous — Oily …
18unctuous — unc·tu·ous || ʌŋktʃʊəs adj. smooth, slippery; overly pious, overly flattering …
19unctuous — [ ʌŋ(k)tjʊəs] adjective 1》 excessively flattering or ingratiating. 2》 having a greasy or soapy feel. Derivatives unctuously adverb unctuousness noun Origin ME (in the sense greasy ): from med. L. unctuosus, from L. unctus anointing , from unguere …
20unctuous — a. 1. Greasy, oily, fatty, fat, oleaginous, adipose, adipous, sebaceous, pinguid, butyraceous, unguinous. 2. Smooth, bland, slippery, lubric, lubricous. 3. (In a bad or offensive sense.) Smooth, bland, suave, over complaisant, oily, plausible,… …