ADJECTIVE oily COMPARATIVE oilier SUPERLATIVE oiliest

oily English

Meaning oily meaning

What does oily mean?

Definitions in simple English

oily Adjective

— If something is oily it is covered with or contains oil. My face gets really oily sometimes.

oily

— adjective (= greasy, oleaginous) containing an unusual amount of grease or oil greasy hamburgers oily fried potatoes oleaginous seeds

— adjective coated or covered with oil oily puddles in the streets

— adjective (= buttery, fulsome, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous) unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech buttery praise gave him a fulsome introduction an oily sycophantic press agent oleaginous hypocrisy smarmy self-importance the unctuous Uriah Heep soapy compliments

— adjective (= greasy) smeared or soiled with grease or oil greasy coveralls get rid of rubbish and oily rags

Synonyms oily synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as oily?

oily English » English

greasy

unctuous

fatty

oleaginous

fat

rich

oil

buttery

soapy

smoothtongued

smarmy

slippery

slick

sebaceous

oily rag

oiled

oil-bearing

fulsome

dirty

cunning

creamy

adipose

unguentary

unethical

unctuosity

tasty

tallowy

suety

soft

smooth

sly

sleek

shiny

sebum

saponaceous

pinguid

oleic

oil-based

lubricated

lardy

lard

ingratiating

gunky

greased

grease

glib-tongued

glib

flip

flattering

evasive

Topics oily topics

What do people use oily to talk about?

Universe, creation World Solid, liquid, gas

Oil

• What words describe oil?
  oily greasy slippery slick slimy smooth lubricating fatty gummy mucous soapy

Person Body

Skin

• What words describe the condition of a person's skin?
  skin condition clear oily dry cracked loose smooth soft rough flake scale peel scarred

Examples oily examples

How do I use oily in a sentence?

Simple sentences

She has oily skin.

I didn't eat all the fries because they were too oily.

Tom has oily skin.

Movie subtitles

Even his hands are oily.

I always wanted to cut that. oily tongue out of you.

He worked with a sort of stupid, oily gent by the name of Jack Fisher.

Besides, my wife says, the thought of you and your oily skin keeping up with the laundry is too disgusting to bear.

Don't touch with those oily hands!

The Riverton Agencyjust telephoned me that she and her oily acrobat arrived a half an hour ago in a cozy little inn at Honfleur.

That nauseous oily taste, like nothing else.

I am sure you know his portrait of the oily wife of an oil-king.

It's too oily.

It is not oily, miss Smith.

Except for the odd, eyeball-rolling darkie. to take his place alongside the swarthy yid, the oily lebantine, and others.

Especially a fat oily one with his curly hair, and his tiny cruel eyes and black sun glasses.

Hey, Wendell. How are your oily gates?

I don't like to see you come out to this clean country in oily hair dressed up in those silk suits and try to pass yourselves off as decent Americans.

I can't stand that oily kisser of yours too long without another drink.

You never want to see me again. Don't touch with those oily hands!

The Riverton Agency just telephoned me that she and her oily acrobat.

Especially the oily ones.

He's oily enough now, I think.

You always give him oily food.

Except for the odd, eyeball rolling darkie to take his place alongside the swarthy yid, the oily Levantine and others of their kind.

I sure I did! Especially a fat oily one with his curly hair, and his tiny cruel eyes and black sun glasses.

Hair is thick, oily and shiny.

Leaving that oily banker with his thumb up his dumb.

OIly, oily in free.

Yes, granted I'm an oily rascal.

The Riverton Agency just telephoned me that she and her oily acrobat arrived a half an hour ago in a cozy little inn at Honfleur.

Are you nuts? - You have dirty oily hands.

Oily and soft.

I don't like to see you come out to this clean country in oily hair, dressed up in those silk suits and try to pass yourselves off as decent Americans.

It's the oily fish tonight.

You eat that oily fish, you go up in the air. halfway to Sicily you'll be green and your hands will be sweating.

The moment I think of a boil, my mind slips into a sort of dreadful, oily neutral.

It's formulated to rinse clean with no oily deposits.

They're always so vaguely oily, salesmen.

Then it's gonna be too oily.

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