unctuous 的定义
- characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug.
- of the nature of or characteristic of an unguent or ointment; oily; greasy.
- having an oily or soapy feel, as certain minerals.
unctuous 近义词
oily
ingratiating
sycophantic
更多unctuous例句
- One promising early antagonist is the late President’s unctuous daughter, Kimberly, played marvelously against type by Amber Tamblyn.
- Know the risksWhile this unctuous fluid has plenty of things in its favor, there is a dark side to it.
- Their righteous outbursts represent an ancient and unctuous form of Kabuki theater.
- It was an emotional speech, but a delightfully graceful, rather than unctuous and overblown, one.
- The memories of a hundred business trips came roaring back as I recalled the unctuous Cinnabon aroma that wafts through airports.
- Nobody liked him much to begin with, and all this slap-fighting has made him look even more unctuous and ineffectual.
- He delivered his repeated phrases with an unctuous indulgent roll that made Gwynne long to grind his teeth.
- Very little of that unctuous spasmodic shouting, which used to characterise Wesleyanism, is heard in Lune-street Chapel.
- I am weary of retired colonels with port-stained faces, and vinegary old maids, and unctuous canons.
- Her father's voice was unctuous with welcome as he hastened to meet the ponderous bulk that loomed through the dusk.
- A man whom he liked and respected was about to fire the first shot on behalf of unctuous rectitude and the conventions.