unction

Noun

• anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual

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

• smug self-serving earnestness

• excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm

Related words

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