Chapter Uncanonical to Underhand of U by Soule's Synonymes

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.