Thesaurus / unctuousness
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To such a mind there is no unctuousness, by which ideas may be fastened upon others without their assent.
THE BEHAVIOR OF CROWDSEVERETT DEAN MARTINHe smiled as he spoke with the unctuousness of a villain administering poison in a bouquet of roses.
ERIK DORNBEN HECHTIts words drop fatness, its face oozes with unctuousness, its eyes swim with dews of mirth.
THE KNICKERBOCKER, VOL. 57, NO. 1, JANUARY 1861VARIOUSHis predominating characteristic was an oily sleekness; the very voice of him was smooth with unctuousness.
NICANOR - TELLER OF TALESC. BRYSON TAYLORThe tutor breathed more freely, and, rid of the fear of being overheard, regained a little of his unctuousness.
THE CASTLE INNSTANLEY JOHN WEYMANMr. Kemp, counsel for Sala, rolled them out with unctuousness then paused for the Judge to write them down.
THE CONFESSIONS OF A CARICATURIST, VOL 2 (OF 2)HARRY FURNISSThere was an unctuousness in his courtesy that irritated Philip, but perhaps Philip envied him his place in the gig.
WENDERHOLMEPHILIP GILBERT HAMERTON"It's the name of a shell, my dear,—just the name of a shell," explained Rollins with some unctuousness.
RAINY WEEKELEANOR HALLOWELL ABBOTTHate and love, unctuousness or slime, which is particularly obnoxious in some religious people.
WILLIAM BLAKECHARLES GARDNERSometimes, as in the case of Oehlenschlger, advancing years produce in the talent a suspicion of corpulence, of unctuousness.
MAIN CURRENTS IN NINETEENTH CENTURY LITERATURE, VOL. II (OF 6): THE ROMANTIC SCHOOL IN GERMANYGEORG BRANDESWORDS RELATED TO UNCTUOUSNESS
- 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
- 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
- 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
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