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unctuous |
Grep of noun unctuous unctuousness Overview of adj unctuous The adj unctuous has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, unctuous -- (unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep") Antonyms of adj unctuous 1 sense of unctuous Sense 1 buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, unctuous INDIRECT (VIA insincere) -> sincere Similarity of adj unctuous 1 sense of unctuous Sense 1 buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, unctuous => insincere (vs. sincere) Attributes of adj unctuous Familiarity of adj unctuous unctuous used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj unctuous unctuous Overview of adj unctuous The adj unctuous has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, unctuous -- (unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep")
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