oleaginous
Oily in manner
Oleaginous means oily or greasy, describing substances that have the properties of oil: oleaginous seeds, an oleaginous residue.
The word extends to people whose manner seems slick or unctuous—excessively smooth and ingratiating in a way that feels insincere: His oleaginous charm fooled no one.
Covered in slick fat
- fattyHigh in lipids
- slickSmooth or craftily adept
- viscousThick and slow-flowing
- butteryRich like a spread
waxy · sebaceous · adipose · slippery · soapy · tallowy · lardy · lipid
Servilely attentive to superiors
- unctuousExcessively and insincerely earnest
- smarmyInsincerely ingratiating
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
- ingratiatingSeeking favor through flattery
sycophantic · servile · groveling · bootlicking · toady · adulatory · subservient · simpering
greasy
Covered in slick fat
buttery · waxy · sebaceous · adipose · slippery · soapy · tallowy · lardy · lipid · moisturized
obsequious
Servilely attentive to superiors
- unctuousExcessively and insincerely earnest
- smarmyInsincerely ingratiating
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
ingratiating · sycophantic · servile · groveling · bootlicking · toady · adulatory · subservient · simpering · cringing
sesame
Oilseed for tahini
castor · soybean · rapeseed · safflower · peanut · palm · cottonseed · flaxseed · hempseed · oil-rich
- sycophantssycophant, sycophants, toady, toadies, bootlicker
- submissivesubmissive, subservient, obedient, servile, docile