Definitions for unctuous
ˈʌŋk tʃu əsunc·tu·ous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unctuousadjective

   Oily or greasy.

2. unctuousadjective

   Rich, lush, intense, with layers of concentrated, soft, velvety flavor.

3. unctuousadjective

   Profusely polite, especially unpleasantly so and insincerely earnest.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unctuousadjective

   Fat; clammy; oily.

   Dry up thy harrow’d veins, and plough-torn leas,
   Whereof ingrateful man, with liqu’rish draughts,
   And morsels unctuous, greases his pure mind,
   That from it all consideration slips. William Shakespeare.

   A wand’ring fire,
   Compact of unctuous vapour, which the night
   Condenses, and the cold environs round,
   Kindled through agitation to a flame. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   The trees were unctuous fir, and mountain ash. Dryden.

   Whether they unctuous exhalations are,
   Fir’d by the sun, or seeming so alone. Dryden.

   Th’ infernal winds,
   Dilating, and with unctuous vapour fed,
   Disdain’d their narrow cells. Philips.

   Camphire, oil-olive, linseed-oil, spirit of turpentine, and amber, are fat, sulphureous, unctuous bodies. Newton.

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1. unctuous

   Unctuous refers to something or someone that is excessively or insincerely flattering, smooth or smug, often in a way that is perceived as fake or annoying. It can also refer to a substance that is oily or greasy.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unctuousadjective

   of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; fatty; oily; greasy

2. Unctuousadjective

   having a smooth, greasy feel, as certain minerals

3. Unctuousadjective

   bland; suave; also, tender; fervid; as, an unctuous speech; sometimes, insincerely suave or fervid

How to pronounce unctuous?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of unctuous in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of unctuous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of unctuous in a Sentence

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.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=unctuous
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Unctuous
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=unctuous
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unctuous