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unctuousness

Syllables: unc·tu·ous·ness/ˈʌŋkt͡ʃuəsnəs/

unctuousness noun: the state or characteristic of being unctuous.

Noun

unctuousness (uncountable)

  1. The state or characteristic of being unctuous.
    • Plum-pudding is the term bestowed upon certain fragmentary parts of the whale's flesh, here and there adhering to the blanket of blubber, and often participating to a considerable degree in its unctuousness.1851, Herman Melville, chapter 94, in Moby Dick
    • Only Mr. Radbolt's unctuousness—surely it would have smoothed the stormiest waves—saved the social situation.1919, Anthony Hope, chapter 17, in The Secret of the Tower
    Synonyms:
    unctuosity

unctuousness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

unctuousness in Hindi

the state or characteristic of being unctuous
चिकनाई ciknāī

unctuousness in Tamil

நெய்ப்பு

unctuousness in Urdu

چکنا ہٹ, چکنی چپڑی باتیں, خوش خلقی, نرم خوئی, شیریں زبانی

unctuousness in Kannada

ಜಿಡ್ಡು
More languagesFewer languages
unctuousness in Sanskrit
स्नेह sneha

Synonyms of unctuousness

Origin of unctuousness

From unctuous + -ness.

Questions about unctuousness

What does unctuousness mean?
Unctuousness means the state or characteristic of being unctuous.
What is unctuousness in Hindi?
Unctuousness in Hindi is चिकनाई (ciknāī). See Unctuousness meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is unctuousness?
Unctuousness is a noun.
How do you pronounce unctuousness?
Unctuousness is pronounced /ˈʌŋkt͡ʃuəsnəs/.

Words near unctuousness in the dictionary

  1. unctuose
  2. unctuosities
  3. unctuosity
  4. unctuous
  5. unctuously
  6. unctuousness
  7. uncubbed
  8. uncubed
  9. uncucked
  10. uncuckold
  11. uncuckolded

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unctuousness (page history and authors); unctuousness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unctuousness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unctuousness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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