UNCTUOUS


Meaning of UNCTUOUS in English

a.

1.

Greasy, oily, fatty, fat, oleaginous, adipose, adipous, sebaceous, pinguid, butyraceous, unguinous.

2.

Smooth, bland, slippery, lubric, lubricous.

3.

( In a bad or offensive sense .) Smooth, bland, suave, over-complaisant, oily, plausible, sycophantic, sycophantish, parasitic, obsequious, adulatory, fawning, servile.

4.

( Also in a bad sense .) Fervid, over-fervid, full of unction, gushing, of affected warmth.

Soule. Dictionary of English synonyms.      Словарь английских синонимов.