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unctuous

/uhngk-choo-uhs/US // ˈʌŋk tʃu əs //UK // (ˈʌŋktjʊəs) //

油腻,假惺惺的,假惺惺,腻味

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : 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.

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Examples

  • 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.