| Concept: | Unctuousness. |
| Category: | 3. IMPERFECT FLUIDS |
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-nouns
unctuousness; unctuosity, lubricity; ointment (oil); anointment; lubrication.
-verbs
-adjectives
unctuous, oily, oleaginous, adipose, sebaceous; unguinous; fat, fatty, greasy; waxy, butryaceous, soapy, saponaceous, piguid, lardaceous; slippery.
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| Main Entry: | flattery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false praise, compliments |
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adulation, applause, approbation, blandishment, blarney, bootlicking, cajolery, commendation, encomium, eulogy, eyewash, fawning, flattering, flummery, fulsomeness, gallantry, gratification, hokum, honeyed words, incense, ingratiation, jive, laud, mush, obsequiousness, palaver, plaudits, pretty speech, puffery, servility, smoke*, snow job, snow*, soft words, soft-soap, stroke*, sweet talk, sycophancy, toadyism, tribute, truckling, unctuousness |
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belittlement, castigation, condemnation, criticism, denunciation, insult, offense |
| Main Entry: | hypocrisy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deceitfulness, pretense |
Synonyms: |
affectation, bad faith, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, false profession, falsity, fraud, glibness, imposture, insincerity, irreverence, lie, lip service, mockery, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, phoniness, pietism, quackery, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, speciousness, unctuousness |
Antonyms: |
forthrightness, honesty, righteousness, sincerity, truth |
| Main Entry: | lip service |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | empty talk |
Synonyms: |
duplicity, empty talk, hollow words, hypocrisy, hypocritical respect, insincerity, jive, lie, lip devotion, lip homage, lip praise, lip reverence, lip worship, mouth honor, mouthing, sham, smooth talk, sweet talk, token agreement, tokenism, tongue in cheek, unctuousness |
| Main Entry: | pharisaism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hypocrisy |
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affectation, bad faith, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, false profession, falsity, fraud*, glibness, imposture, insincerity, irreverence, lie, lip service, mockery, pharisaicalness, phoniness, pietism, quackery, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, speciousness, tartuffery, two-facedness, unctuousness |
| Main Entry: | phoniness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hypocrisy |
Synonyms: |
affectation, bad faith, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, false profession, falsity, fraud*, glibness, imposture, insincerity, irreverence, lie, lip service, mockery, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, pietism, quackery, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, speciousness, tartuffery, two-facedness, unctuousness |
| Main Entry: | sanctimoniousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hypocrisy |
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affectation, bad faith, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, false profession, falsity, fraud*, glibness, imposture, insincerity, irreverence, lie, lip service, mockery, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, phoniness, pietism, quackery, sanctimony, speciousness, tartuffery, two-facedness, unctuousness |
| Main Entry: | sanctimony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hypocrisy |
Synonyms: |
affectation, bad faith, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, false profession, falsity, fraud*, glibness, imposture, insincerity, irreverence, lie, lip service, mockery, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, phoniness, pietism, quackery, sanctimoniousness, speciousness, tartuffery, two-facedness, unctuousness |
| Main Entry: | tartuffery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hypocrisy |
Synonyms: |
affectation, bad faith, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, false profession, falsity, fraud*, glibness, imposture, insincerity, irreverence, lie, lip service, mockery, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, phoniness, pietism, quackery, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, speciousness, two-facedness, unctuousness |
| Main Entry: | two-facedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hypocrisy |
Synonyms: |
affectation, bad faith, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, false profession, falsity, fraud*, glibness, imposture, insincerity, irreverence, lie, lip service, mockery, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, phoniness, pietism, quackery, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, speciousness, tartuffery, unctuousness |