| unction | (noun) anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual | Synonyms: inunction |
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| (noun) semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation | Synonyms: balm, ointment, salve, unguent |
| (noun) smug self-serving earnestness | Synonyms: fulsomeness, oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unctuousness |
| (noun) excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm | Synonyms: fulsomeness, smarm |
| unctuous | (adjective) unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech | Synonyms: buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy |
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| unctuously | (adverb) in an unctuous manner | Synonyms: fulsomely, smarmily |
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| unctuousness | (noun) smug self-serving earnestness | Synonyms: fulsomeness, oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unction |
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