unctuous

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1. unctuous - Adjective

2. unctuous - Adjective Satellite

Of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; fatty; oily; greasy.

Having a smooth, greasy feel, as certain minerals.

Bland; suave; also, tender; fervid; as, an unctuous speech; sometimes, insincerely suave or fervid.

Source: Webster's dictionary

oily buttery soapy oleaginous fulsome smarmy adipose saccharine smooth fat slippery subservient flattering slick sleek

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natural negative cold genuine adverse innocent

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rare obsolete archaic unction inunction unguent

buttery praise Source: Internet

gave him a fulsome introduction Source: Internet

an oily sycophantic press agent Source: Internet

oleaginous hypocrisy Source: Internet

smarmy self-importance Source: Internet

the unctuous Uriah Heep Source: Internet