Unctuousness

  • 71unctuous — UK [ˈʌŋktʃʊəs] / US adjective formal seeming to be interested, friendly, or full of praise, but in a way that is unpleasant because it is not sincere Derived words: unctuously adverb unctuousness noun uncountable …

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  • 72unction — unc•tion [[t]ˈʌŋk ʃən[/t]] n. 1) the act of anointing, esp. as a medical treatment or religious rite 2) the oil used in religious rites, as in anointing the sick or dying 3) something soothing or comforting 4) an affected or excessive earnestness …

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  • 73smarm — /smam/ (say smahm) Colloquial –verb (i) 1. to fawn ingratiatingly; be servile. –verb (t) 2. to fawn over ingratiatingly; flatter. –noun 3. flattery; unctuousness; fulsomeness. {British dialect smarm, variant of smalm; origin uncertain} …

  • 74unctuous — /ˈʌŋkʃuəs / (say ungkshoohuhs) adjective 1. of the nature of or characteristic of an unguent or ointment; oily; greasy. 2. characterised by religious unction or fervour, especially of an affected kind; excessively smooth, suave, or bland. 3.… …

  • 75flattery — [n] false praise, compliments adulation, applause, approbation, blandishment, blarney*, bootlicking*, cajolery, commendation, encomium, eulogy, eyewash*, fawning*, flattering, flummery, fulsomeness, gallantry, gratification, hokum*, honeyed words …

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  • 76hypocrisy — [n] deceitfulness, pretense affectation, bad faith*, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, dissembling, dissimulation, double dealing, duplicity, false profession, falsity, fraud, glibness, imposture, insincerity,… …

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  • 77lip service — [n] empty talk duplicity, hollow words, insincerity, token agreement, tongue in cheek, unctuousness; concepts 267,542,545 …

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  • 78маслянистость — жирность смазывающие свойства — [http://slovarionline.ru/anglo russkiy slovar neftegazovoy promyishlennosti/] Тематики нефтегазовая промышленность Синонимы жирностьсмазывающие свойства EN unctuousness …

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  • 79unctuous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ excessively flattering or ingratiating. DERIVATIVES unctuously adverb unctuousness noun …

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  • 80unctuously — unctuous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ excessively flattering or ingratiating. DERIVATIVES unctuously adverb unctuousness noun …

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