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unctuous

About 0.17 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Having the nature or properties of an unguent or ointment; greasy, oily.
  2. adjective Having fat or oil present; fatty, greasy, oily.
  3. adjective Of an aroma or taste, or a beverage (such as coffee or wine) or food (such as gravy, meat, or sauce): having layers of concentrated, velvety flavour; lush, rich.
  4. adjective Of soil: soft and sticky.
  5. adjective Of a person: Complacent, self-satisfied, smug. Profusely polite, especially in an insincere and unpleasant manner.
  6. adjective Complacent, self-satisfied, smug.
  7. adjective Profusely polite, especially in an insincere and unpleasant manner.

Similar words

oleaginous oily buttery fulsome smarmy insincere paps unguinous unctious fatty

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and to voice matter substance smile manner feel rectitude

Word family

unctuously unctuousness unctuousnesses

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