Synonyms for unctuous
ˈʌŋk tʃu əsunc·tu·ous

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1. unctuousadjective

   Synonyms:
   saponaceous, slimy, oleaginous

2. unctuousadjective

   Synonyms:
   savorous

3. unctuousadjective

   Synonyms:
   slimy, groveling, creepy, sycophantic, effusive, oleaginous

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1. unctuous

   Synonyms:
   oily, smooth, fawning, flattering, fulsome, sycophantic, complimentary

   Antonyms:
   abrupt, unmannerly, uncomplimentary, sarcastic, cynical, blunt

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1. buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuousadjective

   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"; "soapy compliments"

   Synonyms:
   fulsome, saponaceous, greasy, soapy, smarmy, sebaceous, buttery, oleaginous, oily

   Antonyms:
   sincere

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1. unctuousadjective

   Synonyms:
   fat, fatty, greasy, oily, oleaginous, adipose, sebaceous

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unctuous

   Synonyms:
   Oily, greasy
   

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1. Mary McCarthy:

   The American, if he has a spark of national feeling, will be humiliated by the very prospect of a foreigner's visit to Congress -- these, for the most part, illiterate hacks whose fancy vests are spotted with gravy, and whose speeches, hypocritical, unctuous, and slovenly, are spotted also with the gravy of political patronage, these persons are a reflection on the democratic process rather than of it; they expose it in its process rather than of it; they expose it in its underwear.