unctuous as an adjective: - 1
unctuous
adjective
1 unctuous
Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech:
— The unctuous Uriah Heep.
synonyms: buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy.
Roget 988:
impious;
irreligious
etc.
989;
desecrating
etc.
v.;
profane,
irreverent,
sacrilegious,
blasphemous.
un-hallowed,
un-sanctified,
un-regenerate;
hardened,
perverted,
reprobate.
hypocritical
etc.
(false)
544;
canting,
pietistical†,
sanctimonious,
unctuous,
pharisaical,
overrighteous†,
righteous over much.
bigoted,
fanatical;
priest-ridden.
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Roget 355:
unctuous,
oily,
oleaginous,
adipose,
sebaceous;
unguinous†;
fat,
fatty,
greasy;
waxy,
butyraceous,
soapy,
saponaceous†,
pinguid,
lardaceous†;
slippery.
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Roget 933:
flattering
etc.
v.;
adulatory;
mealy-mouthed,
honey-mouthed;
honeyed;
smooth,
smooth-tongued;
soapy,
oily,
unctuous,
blandiloquent†,
specious;
fine-spoken,
fair spoken;
plausible,
servile,
sycophantic,
fulsome;
courtierly†,
courtier-like.
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Moby thesaurus: Pecksniffian, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, adipose, adulatory, affected, bland, blandishing, blarneying, blubbery, buttery, butyraceous, cajoling, canting, chrismal, chrismatory, complimentary, courtierly, courtly, disarming, fair-spoken, false, fat, fatty, fawning, fine-spoken, flattering, fulsome, glib, goody, goody-goody, greasy, gushing, holier-than-thou, honey-mouthed, honey-tongued, honeyed, hypocritic, hypocritical, ingratiating, insincere, insinuating, lardaceous, lardy, mealymouthed, mucoid, obsequious, oily, oily-tongued, oleaginous, oleic, pharisaic, pharisean, pietistic, pious, rich, sanctified, sanctimonious, sebaceous, self-righteous, simon-pure, sleek, slick, slimy, slippery, slobbery, smarmy, smooth, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, smug, sniveling, soapy, soft-soaping, soft-spoken, suave, suave-spoken, suety, sycophantic, tallowy, unguent, unguentary, unguentous, wheedling ... show more.
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