Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unctuous |
| Synonyms: | buttery, fulsome, insincere, oily, oleaginous, sleek, smooth*, smug, suave |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ingratiating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fawning, servile |
| Synonyms: | charming, crawling, deferential, disarming, flattering, humble, insinuating, obsequious, saccharine, serving, silken, smarmy, soft, sycophantic, toadying, unctuous |
| Antonyms: | deterring, disgusting, repellent |
| Main Entry: | oily |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flattering |
| Synonyms: | bland*, cajoling, coaxing, compliant, fulsome, glib, gushing, hypocritical, ingratiating, insinuating, obsequious, plausible, servile, slick, smarmy, smooth, smooth-tongued, suave, supple, unctuous |
| Antonyms: | hateful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | smooth |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suave in behavior |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, bland, civilized, courteous, courtly, facile, genial, glib, ingratiating, mellow, mild, persuasive, pleasant, polite, slick, smarmy, unctuous, urbane |
| Antonyms: | coarse, rough, uncool |
| Main Entry: | unctuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ingratiating |
| Synonyms: | buttery, fulsome, insincere, oleaginous, smarmy, smooth, smug, suave |
| Antonyms: | genuine, sincere |
| Main Entry: | ingratiatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insinuating |
| Synonyms: | charming, crawling, deferential, disarming, flattering, humble, ingratiating, obsequious, saccharine, serving, silken, smarmy, soft, sugary, sycophantic, toadying, unctuous |
| Main Entry: | insinuating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attempting to gain favor |
| Synonyms: | charming, crawling, deferential, disarming, flattering, humble, ingratiating, ingratiatory, obsequious, saccharine, serving, silken, smarmy, soft, sugary, sycophantic, toadying, unctuous |
| Main Entry: | insinuative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insinuating |
| Synonyms: | charming, crawling, deferential, disarming, flattering, humble, insinuatory, obsequious, saccharine, serving, silken, smarmy, soft, suggestive, sycophantic, toadying, unctuous |
| Main Entry: | insinuatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insinuating |
| Synonyms: | charming, crawling, deferential, disarming, flattering, humble, insinuative, obsequious, saccharine, serving, silken, smarmy, soft, suggestive, sycophantic, toadying, unctuous |
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