1. (

• buttery ,
• fulsome ,
• oily ,
• oleaginous ,
• smarmy ,
• soapy ,
• unctuous

) unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments" ;