HyperDic: unctuousness

English > 1 sense of the word unctuousness:
NOUNattributeunctuousness, fulsomeness, oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unctionsmug self-serving earnestness
English > unctuousness: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaningsmug self-serving earnestness.
Synonymsfulsomeness, oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unction
Broaderhypocrisyinsincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
Spanishbombo, exagerado elogio, hipocresía, pesadez, untuosidad
Catalanuntuositat
Adjectivesunctuousunpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech

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