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单词 unctuous
释义
unctuous
adjective
formaldisapproving
uk
/ˈʌŋk.tʃu.əs/us
/ˈʌŋk.tʃu.əs/
Unctuouspeopleorbehaviourexpressestoo muchpraise,interest,friendliness, etc., in a way that isfalseandunpleasant:
谄媚的；虚情假意的
his unctuousmanner/voice/smile他那虚情假意的举止／声音／笑容
Synonyms
fulsomeformal
oily
oleaginousformal
smarmyinformaldisapproving
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Praising insincerely or too eagerly
  • backhanded compliment
  • bootlicker
  • bow and scrapeidiom
  • crawler
  • creep
  • fawn
  • flummery
  • glad-handing
  • grovel
  • hagiographic
  • idealization
  • massagesomeone'segoidiom
  • obsequious
  • people pleaser
  • play up tosomeone
  • schmooze
  • slobber
  • sycophantic
  • toady
  • toadying
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(Definition ofunctuousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunctuous

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Effluvia were imagined as elastic threads,unctuousin nature.
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Saponaceous is used to meanunctuousas well as physically soapy, fumigation to mean tobacco-smoking.
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It was graceful as it always is, andunctuous.
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I appeal that there should be nounctuousattitude about the matter.
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Its dreams, once so bright, have been so pawed byunctuoushands that their glory has departed.
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It may be inevitable, but do not let us have anyunctuoushypocrisy about it.
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I do not think we are going to build up international confidence by approaching other nations in a spirit ofunctuousself-righteousness.
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If there wasunctuouscohesion, it does not seem to be present in this debate.
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He can sometimes be pompous, occasionallyunctuous, but he is a man of enormous sincerity.
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I do not want to appear to be in any wayunctuousor sanctimonious, but this is a matter of public duty.
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Stop being sounctuousand tell the truth.
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I never said that he hadunctuousrectitude.
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The most it emitted was anunctuousgrowl, of which we have heard some repetitions to-day.
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It was one spasm of reality, and what a contrast it made with theunctuousinanity which characterised most of his speech on defence policy this afternoon.
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In one of his usualunctuousapproches to the nationalist parties, he sought to say that there would be plenty of time for debating the issue of ship-repairing.
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