unctuous

IPA: ˈʌŋtʃwʌs

adjective

  • Of a liquid, semisolid, or other substance: having the nature or properties of an unguent or ointment; greasy, oily.
  • Having fat or oil present; fatty, greasy, oily.
  • Of an aroma or taste, or a beverage (such as coffee or wine) or food (such as gravy, meat, or sauce): having layers of concentrated, velvety flavour; lush, rich.
  • Of soil: soft and sticky.
  • (figuratively) Of a person:
  • Complacent, self-satisfied, smug.
  • Profusely polite, especially in an insincere and unpleasant manner.
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Examples of "unctuous" in Sentences

  • BTW: the word "unctuous" used above is not a misspelling.
  • Now, I don't know if my unctuous is the same as your unctuous, you know, so - but it came out great.
  • The staff in unctuous to regulars and condescending to those of us who still dress as if we lived in Seattle.
  • And then I tasted it, and it, you know, had this kind of unctuous, porty richness, which is characteristic of that wine -- that it sort of resembles port in a lot of ways.
  • This kind of unctuous posturing doesn't exactly make traditionalists insecure in their position; it tends to make traditionalists cranky, because the hypocrisy is pretty evident.
  • Everyone will recall the unctuous Walter Cronkite, a man with a face only a nation could love, interviewing an out-of-control Mayor Richard J. Daley, a man with a face that during that convention a whole nation came to loathe.

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