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Examples of unctuous
unctuous
Instead, it directed the palate to the creamy, unctuous elements in the avocado.
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I love warm brandade's somewhat billowy texture and almost unctuous mouth feel.
From the sfgate.com
Yet it's nervy, with a compellingly unctuous texture that never verges on syrupy.
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Pork belly is uncured bacon, beloved for its rich flavor and unctuous texture.
From the washingtonpost.com
Explosive apricot, dried pineapple and surging acidity on the unctuous palate.
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As the burger cooks, the cheese melts into a gooey, unctuous mass at its core.
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An unctuous rice pudding and tangy pomegranate juice offer a fine conclusion.
From the travel.nytimes.com
You muse on how familial dysfunction exudes the most unctuous kind of human poison.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Oh, the lengths we go to for the unctuous, belly-filling satisfaction of fat.
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- Buttery: 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"
- (unctuously) in an unctuous manner
- (unctuousness) fulsomeness: smug self-serving earnestness
- Oily or greasy; Profusely polite, especially unpleasantly so and insincerely earnest
- (unctuously) Insincerely and excessively charming
- Rich, lush, intense wines with layers of concentrated, soft, velvety fruit are said to be unctuous.
- An adjective to describe a thick, rich, and glycerine-laden wine with an equally rich aroma.
- Is said of a tea that is rounded in the mouth and slightly oily.
- The thick, unpleasant, almost syrupy texture of an overly sweet wine.
