The politician's unctuous smile failed to calm the restive crowd demanding real answers.
Source: tatoeba (13562105)
Unctuous
/ˈʌŋ(k)t͡ʃʊəs/
Synonyms for "unctuous" (132 found)
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Closest matches (27)
adiposeadulatoryaffectedblandblandishingblarneyingblubberybutterybutyraceouscajolingcantingchrismalchrismatorycomplimentarycourtierlycourtlydisarmingfair spokenfair-spokenfalse
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fattyfawningfine spokenfine-spokenflatteringfulsomeglibgoodygoody goodygoody-goodygooeygreasygushingholier-than-thouhoney-mouthedhoney-tonguedhoneyedhypocritichypocriticalingratiating
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Related words (66)
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More general
4 entriesMore specific
5 entriesgreasy coatingoily filmslick finishsmarmy behaviorsycophantic remarks
Collocations
5 entriesunctuous mannerunctuous praiseunctuous remarksunctuous smileunctuous tone
Inflections
2 entriesmore unctuousmost unctuous
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- мазен adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
- угоднически adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
Chinese
3 entries- 假空假榫 adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
- 假空假死 adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
- 假空假氣 /假空假气 adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 假惺惺 adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
- 惺惺 adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
Czech
3 entries- slizký adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
- vtíravý adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
- úlisný adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
Dutch
2 entries- vleierig adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
- zalvend adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
Finnish
3 entries- lipevä adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
- liukas adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
- mairea adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
French
3 entries- doucereux adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
- mielleux adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
- patelin adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
German
1 entries- schmierig adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
Ingrian
1 entries- lippiä adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
Italian
1 entries- strisciante adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
Japanese
1 entries- 慇懃無礼 adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
Macedonian
1 entries- ли́гав adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
Polish
1 entries- obłudny adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- melífluo adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
Spanish
1 entries- untuoso adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ngọt xớt adj (of a person: profusely polite, especially in an insincerely earnest and unpleasant manner)
Sample sentences
28 total sentences available.
They resented how his unctuous flattery tended to obtrude into serious meetings.
Source: tatoeba (13562106)
His unctuous praise of the king was clearly meant to aggrandize his own position at court.
Source: tatoeba (13562108)
It is, of the one part, / A humide exhalation, vvhich vve call / Materia liquida, or the Vnctuous VVater; […]
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