unctuous[adjective]Synonyms: fatty, greasy, oily, oleaginous, fulsome, slick, smarmy, soapy, unctious
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unc‧tu‧ous /ˈʌŋktʃuəs/
adjective formal[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Medieval Latin;
Origin: unctuosus, from Latin unctum 'ointment', from unguere; ⇒ unguent]
too friendly and praising people too much in a way that seems very insincere
Synonym : ingratiating—unctuously adverb—unctuousness noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲