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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesungüoso
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ungüoso
"Hablaba con un tono untuoso y poco sincero."
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Characterized by excessive, falso, or affected earnestness, piety, or flattery.
"He greeted the investors with an unctuous smile and exaggerated praise."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from medieval Latin unctuosus, from Latin unctus 'anointed', from unguere 'anoint'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "unctuous" is said worldwide
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onctueux
Transliteration: onctueux
"Son sourire onctueux n'a trompé personne."
schleimig
Transliteration: schleimig
"Seine schleimige Art machte allen Gästen sofort unangenehm."
untuoso
Transliteration: untuoso
"Il suo modo di fare untuoso non è piaciuto a nessuno."
ungüoso
Transliteration: ungüoso
"Hablaba con un tono untuoso y poco sincero."
unctuoso
Transliteration: unctuoso
"Ele tentou ganhar o chefe com elogios unctuosos."
चापलूस
Transliteration: chaploos
"उसकी चापलूस भरी बातें किसी को पसंद नहीं आईं।"
虚情假意的
Transliteration: xū qíng jiǎ yì de
"他用虚情假意的笑容迎接着每一位客人。"
감언이설의
Transliteration: gameonisareui
"그의 감언이설에 속아 넘어가는 사람은 없었다."
油断ならない
Transliteration: yudan naranai
"彼の油断ならないお世辞には誰もがうんざりしていた。"
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