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not expressing true feelings; pretending to display true feelings

buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous(adj)

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"

not being or expressing what one appears to be or express

an unctuous effort to appear religious to the voters

overly or insincerely flattering

an unctuous appraisal of the musical talent shown by the boss's daughter

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