Slimy vs Unctuous - What's the difference?
slimy | unctuous | Synonyms |
Of or pertaining to, resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, yielding, abounding in slime; viscous; glutinous.
(slang, figuratively) friendly in a false, calculating way; underhanded; sneaky.
A ponyfish.
(of a liquid or fatty substance) Oily or greasy.
* 1851 , , Moby Dick , ch. 96:
Rich, lush, intense, with layers of concentrated, soft, velvety flavor.
* 1872 , , Beauty and The Beast; and Tales of Home , ch. 3:
(by extension, of a person) Profusely polite, especially unpleasantly so and insincerely earnest.
* 1857 , , Volume the Second, page 14 (ISBN 1857150570)
* 1919 , , The Hohenzollerns in America , ch. 8:
Slimy is a synonym of unctuous.
As adjectives the difference between slimy and unctuous
is that slimy is of or pertaining to, resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, yielding, abounding in slime; viscous; glutinous while unctuous is (of a liquid or fatty substance) oily or greasy.As a noun slimy
is a ponyfish.slimy
English
Adjective
(er)- Slimy things did crawl with legs
- Upon the slimy sea. —Coleridge.
Synonyms
* (slippery) lubricous * (underhanded) connivingNoun
(slimies)unctuous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- In a word, after being tried out, the crisp, shrivelled blubber, now called scraps or fritters, still contains considerable of its unctuous properties.
- The halls and passages of the castle were already permeated with rich and unctuous smells, and a delicate nose might have picked out and arranged, by their finer or coarser vapors, the dishes preparing for the upper and lower tables.
- Then he thoroughly disliked the tone of Mr. Slope's letter; it was unctuous , false, and unwholesome, like the man.
- In superior circles, however, introduction becomes more elaborate, more flattering, more unctuous .