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unctuous
adjective
(unc-tu-ous)
unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
Synonyms:
buttery
,
fulsome
,
oily
,
oleaginous
,
smarmy
,
soapy
,
Examples:
The unctuous Uriah Heep.
Words Related to
unctuous
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smarmy
,
oleaginous
,
oily
,
buttery
,
insincere
,
fulsome
,
paps
,
obsequious
,
slimy
,
pompous
,
plummy
,
syrupy
,
supercilious
,
sanctimonious
,
suave
,
sycophantic
,
indulgent
,
doughy
,
orotund
,
vinegary
,
smarm
,
weaselly
,
foppish
,
priggish
,
avuncular
,
droll
,
doltish
,
cloying
,
buffoonish
,
lugubrious
,
oleaginousness
,
brusk
,
smirky
,
haughty
,
drawling
,
bumptious
,
ingratiating
,
cuckolded
,
venal
,
glib
,
saturnine
,
dislikable
,
saintly
,
caddish
,
daffy
,
insufferable
,
dimwitted
,
toothsome
,
ersatz
,
quavery
,
crusty
,
falstaffian
,
genial
,
smug
,
oafish
,
unshowy
,
humorless
,
affectless
,
sleazy
,
snappish
,
inexpressive
,
sly
,
loathsome
,
lumpish
,
lecherous
,
unguinous
,
guileless
,
duplicitous
,
mephistophelian
,
splenetic
,
hangdog
,
gormless
,
villainous
,
debonair
,
waspish
,
epicene
,
blustering
,
stentorian
,
charmless
,
blowzy
,
solicitous
,
overbearing
,
prissy
,
chinless
,
amiable
,
fatuous
,
vacuous
,
shameless
,
sibilant
,
winsome
,
adenoidal
,
pantomimic
,
grandfatherly
,
straitlaced
,
unassertive
,
mawkish
,
sardonic
,
avaricious
,
harpy
,
puppyish
,
unctuous
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