unction

unction is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of anointing, smearing, or rubbing with an unguent, oil, or ointment, especially for medical purposes, or as a symbol of consecration; as, mercurial unction. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of anointing, smearing, or rubbing with an unguent, oil, or ointment, especially for medical purposes, or as a symbol of consecration; as, mercurial unction.
2. noun. That which is used for anointing; an unguent; an ointment; hence, anything soothing or lenitive.
3. noun. Divine or sanctifying grace.
4. noun. That quality in language, address, or the like, which excites emotion; especially, strong devotion; religious fervor and tenderness; sometimes, a simulated, factitious, or unnatural fervor.
5. noun. anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual

   Synonyms: inunction

6. noun. semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation

   Synonyms: balm, ointment, salve, unguent

7. noun. smug self-serving earnestness

   Synonyms: fulsomeness, oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unctuousness

8. noun. excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm

   Synonyms: fulsomeness, smarm

Synonyms

inunction, balm, ointment, salve, unguent, fulsomeness, oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unctuousness, smarm

Common word forms

unctions, unctional, unctionless

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