UNCTUOUS

(adj.) 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"
synonyms : buttery , fulsome , oily , oleaginous , smarmy , soapy
the player's fulsome praise for the coach showed just how hard he was trying to be named captain of the team -added by nithi

Mnemonics for unctuous

(Tag: English) unctuous -> functuous -> party like ... in parties girls do a lot of oily makeup and try to appear and behave sauve but in my opinion they look and behave in a bland way.
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(Tag: ) UN CUTE
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(Tag: ) (UNCLE CHIPS r UNCTUOUS)
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(Tag: telugu) untukodam...sticky, oily...!!!
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(Tag: ) Word Root:Unctuosus means greasy
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(Tag: English) My UNCLE is unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech TO US.
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(Tag: ) Unctous and sanctimonous are similar in sound and they mean, hypocritical, insincere.
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