Smug self-serving earnestness.

synonyms: fulsomeness, oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unction.

Roget 933: flattery, adulation, gloze; blandishment, blandiloquence^†; cajolery; fawning, wheedling etc. v.; captation^†, coquetry, obsequiousness, sycophancy, flunkeyism^†, toadeating^†, tuft-hunting; snobbishness.    incense, honeyed words, flummery; bunkum, buncombe; blarney, placebo, butter; soft soap, soft sawder^†; rose water.    voice of the charmer, mouth honor; lip homage; euphemism; unctuousness etc. adj.. ... show more

Roget 355: unctuousness etc. adj.; unctuosity^†, lubricity; ointment etc. (oil) 356; anointment; lubrication etc. 332.    ... show more

Roget 332: smoothness etc. 255; unctuousness etc. 355.    lubrication, lubrification^†; anointment; oiling etc. v.. synovia [Anat.]; glycerine, oil, lubricating oil, grease etc. 356; saliva; lather.    teflon.    ... show more