Unctuousness and Vitriol

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Unctuousness noun - Smug self-serving earnestness.

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Vitriol is an antonym for unctuousness.

Vitriol noun - Biting sharpness of feeling or expression.

Usage example: a film critic noted for the vitriol and sometimes outright cruelty of his pronouncements

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Unctuousness is an antonym for vitriol.

Nearby Word: vitriolic

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Vitriol and Unctuousness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/unctuousness/vitriol

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