📖 Definitions of "Unctuous"
adjective
- 1
(of a liquid or substance) Oily or greasy.
- 2
(of a wine, coffee, sauce, gravy etc.) Rich, lush, intense, with layers of concentrated, soft, velvety flavor.
- 3
(by extension, of a person) Profusely polite, especially unpleasantly so and insincerely earnest.
🔄 Synonyms of "Unctuous"
6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| fulsome | Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive. |
| insincere | Not genuinely meaning what has been expressed; not sincere; artificial; factitious. |
| oleaginous | Oily, greasy. |
| butterynoun | Made with or tasting of butter. |
| oilynoun | Covered with or containing oil. |
| smarmy | Falsely earnest, smug, ingratiating, or pious. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Unctuous"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| oleaginous | Oily, greasy. |
| oily | Covered with or containing oil. |
| buttery | Made with or tasting of butter. |
| fulsome | Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive. |
| smarmy | Falsely earnest, smug, ingratiating, or pious. |
| insincere | Not genuinely meaning what has been expressed; not sincere; artificial; factitious. |
| papsnoun | (psychology) Acronym of physical appearance perfectionism scale. |
| unguinous | (dated) Consisting of, or resembling, fat or oil; unctuous; oleaginous. |
| unctious | (obsolete) Synonym of unctuous. |
| fattynoun | (derogatory, slang) An obese person. |
| ointmentlike | Resembling or characteristic of ointment. |
| greasy | Containing a lot of grease or fat. |
| unguentary | (archaic) Like, or containing, an unguent. |
| oilish | Characteristic of or resembling oil. |
| liqueous | Pertaining to or being in the state of a liquid. |
| mucilaginous | Of or pertaining to mucilage; of, pertaining to, or resembling mucus; slimy and viscous. |
| liquidousnoun | Having properties characteristic of a liquid |
| lubrical | Obsolete form of lubric. [(obsolete) Having a smooth surface; slippery.] |
| lubricnoun | (obsolete) Having a smooth surface; slippery. |
| pinguidinous | (obsolete) Containing fat; fatty. |
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