OLEAGINOUS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

oleaginous

adjective

ˌō-lē-ˈa-jə-nəs

as in oily

overly or insincerely flattering the office manager greeted the corporate bigwigs with an oleaginous welcome that should have embarrassed him

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Recent Examples of oleaginous One defense, beginning in the late eighteen-hundreds, was flypaper, sheets of which were coated on one side with an oleaginous substance that lured flies, then permanently trapped them. —

David Owen, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024 At any moment, the noodles might dissolve, the cheese topping burn, the dish collapse into a soggy, oleaginous mess. —

Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023 The interludes make for juicy lampoons of that unfortunate Western export, oleaginous showbiz faux-intimacy. —

Peter Marks, Washington Post, 21 June 2022 The French state is represented effectively here by oleaginous High Commissioner De Roller (Magimel), a European long based in Tahiti. —

Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2022 After tapping the oleaginous Gaetz, Biden said that crude from the Florida congressman could start flowing throughout the United States by the end of the week. —

Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2021 The same goes for the oleaginous Uriah Heep (Ben Whishaw), the legal clerk who can worm into people’s brains, as if into their guts, with his show of humility. —

Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2020 And there is the womanizing Mr. Mantalini, whose gift for oleaginous flattery always persuades his long-suffering wife to take him back. —

Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2020 Eggplant sponges up so much olive oil in the traditional caponata recipe that the end result often is a caponata that is cloyingly oleaginous. —

Bill St. John, The Denver Post, 26 June 2019

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This soothing effect makes aloe vera a quick-absorbing, non-greasy moisturizer for all types of skin, including oily skin.

— Atenea Morales de la Cruz, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
This can lead to dandruff and its characteristic oily, flaky patches of skin forming on the scalp.5 This is one reason why dandruff is more common in the colder months—your skin is more likely to be drier, and your scalp is more vulnerable.

— Sarah Bradley, Health, 13 Feb. 2025