Uncouth, a.
- 1. Rustic, awkward, boorish, clownish, loutish, clumsy, unseemly, unrefined, uncourtly, lubberly, rude,
gawky, inelegant, ungainly.
- 2. Unfamiliar, unusual, strange, odd, outlandish.
Uncover, v. a.
- 1. Strip, lay bare, lay open, divest of covering, denude.
- 2. Disclose, reveal, discover, unmask, expose.
- 3. Bare, take the cover off.
- 4. Open, unclose.
Uncover, v. n. Take off the hat (in token of respect), bare the head.
Uncrown, v. a. Discrown, dethrone, depose.
Unction, n.
- 1. Anointing, smearing, rubbing.
- 2. (Rare.) Unguent, ointment.
- 3. Fervor, warmth, ardor, fervency, earnestness, passion, enthusiasm, power, force, spirit, energy, verve,
emotion, devotional feeling.
Unctuosity, n. (Rare.) See Unctuousness.
Unctuous, a.
- 1. Greasy, oily, fatty, fat, oleaginous, adipose, adipous, sebaceous, pinguid, butyraceous, unguinous.
- 2. Smooth, bland, slippery, lubric, lubricous.
- 3. (In a bad or offensive sense.) Smooth, bland, suave, over-complaisant, oily, plausible, sycophantic,
sycophantish, parasitic, obsequious, adulatory, fawning, servile.
- 4. (Also in a bad sense.) Fervid, over-fervid, full of unction, gushing, of affected warmth.