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obeisance.noun
a movement of the body made in token of respect
or submission, bow, subservience,
deference
obeisant.adjective
obeisantly.adverb
ordain.verb
to put in order, appoint
Latin.ordo-order
ordainer,
ordainment.nouns
odious.adjective
arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion,
or intense displeasure; hateful; deserving hatred or repugnance (odious
associates) (an odious business)
odiousness.noun
odiously.adverb
obnoxious.adjective
exposed to something unpleasant or harmful; odiously
or disgustingly objectionable; highly offensive
obnoxiousness.noun
obnoxiously.adverb
obstinate.adjective
perversely.adhering
to an opinion, purpose, or course in
spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion; not easily subdued, remedied,
or removed (obstinate fever); unreasonable persistence; close mindedness;
stubborn;
mulish;
headstrong;
pertinacious
obstinateness.noun
obstinately.adverb
obstinacy.noun,.plural.obstinacies
the state
or quality of being stubborn or
refractory;
the act or an instance of being stubborn or refractory
obstreperous.adjective
marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness; clamorous-(obstreperous
merriment); stubbornly resistant to control; unruly
obstreperousness.noun
obstreperously.adverb
synonym.vociferous
offend, offended,
offending,
offends.verbs
transitive
verb use.to cause displeasure,
anger, resentment, or wounded
feelings in; to be displeasing
or disagreeable to (onions offend my sense of smell)
intransitive
verb use.to result in displeasure.(bad
manners may offend)
offense.noun
the act of causing anger,
resentment,
displeasure,
or affront; the state
of being offended
Sports.-.a
team in possession of the ball or puck
offensive.adjective
giving painful or unpleasant sensations; nauseous;
obnoxious (offensive odor of garbage); causing displeasure or resentment
offensiveness.noun
offensively.adverb
obtrusive.adjective
forward in manner or conduct (obtrusive behavior);
undesirably prominent; thrust
out; protruding;
given to thrusting oneself into the affairs of others.–.stresses
improper or offensive conspicuousness
of interfering actions (expressed an obtrusive concern for his safety).
obtrusiveness.noun
obtrusively.adverb
synonym.impertinent
ostracize.transitive
verb
inflected
form(s).ostracized,
ostracizing
to exile by ostracism; to exclude from a group
by common consent
overt.adjective
open to view; manifest
overtness.noun
overtly.adverb
oppress.transitive
verb
to keep down by the cruel or unjust use of power
or authority
oppression.noun
a thing that oppresses
oppressive.adjective
difficult to bear; burdensome: oppressive laws;
exercising power arbitrarily and often unjustly; weighing heavily on the
senses or spirit (oppressive weather); burdensome
oppressively.adverb
oppressiveness.noun
onus.noun
task; burden, responsibility
orgy.noun,.plural.orgies
wild, riotous merrymaking; overindulgence in sensual
depravation
orgiastic.adjective
opprobrious-(pronounced
'eh pro bri es').adjective
abusive; disgraceful; shameful; expressing opprobrium;
deserving opprobrium; infamous
opprobrium.noun
disgrace attached to shameful conduct; anything
bringing shame or disgrace; demeaning
oppugn.(pronounced
'eh pune').transitive verb
to oppose with argument; reason against; criticize
adversely; controvert
oppugnancy.noun
the quality or state of being oppugnant
oppugnant.adjective
antagonistic; hostile; opposing
ostentatious.adjective
given to ostentation; pretentious
ostentatiously.adverb
ostentation.noun
forward outright display; showiness; boastful;
loud and proud exhibition
outcome.noun
a natural result; a consequence;
effect
oligarchy.noun,.plural-oligarchies
government by a few, especially by a small faction
of persons or families; a state controlled by a few persons often behind
the scene, behind closed doors and away from public view; those making
up such a government
oligarchic or oligarchical.adjective
overture.noun
Music.–.an
instrumental composition intended especially as an introduction to an extended
work, such as an opera or oratorio; an introductory section or part, as
of a poem; a prelude; an act, an offer, or a proposal that indicates readiness
to undertake a course of action or open a relationship
overture, overtured,
overturing,
overtures.transitive
verbs
to present as an introduction or a proposal; to
present or make an offer or a proposal to
obfuscate, obfuscated,
obfuscating,
obfuscates.transitive
verbs
to make so confused or opaque as to be difficult
to perceive or understand (obfuscating the true events); to render indistinct
or dim; darken (the fog obfuscated the shore)
obfuscation.noun
obfuscatory.adjective
occupy, occupied,
occupying,
occupies.transitive
verb
to fill up (time or space) (a lecture that occupied
three hours); to dwell or reside in; to hold or fill (an office or a position);
to seize possession of and maintain control over by or as if by conquest
(occupy a territory); to engage, employ, or keep busy (occupied himself
with sculpting)
occupier.noun
overwhelm, overwhelmed,
overwhelming,
overwhelms.transitive
verbs
to surge over and submerge; engulf (waves overwhelming
the rocky shoreline); to affect deeply in mind or emotion.(he
was overwhelmed with emotion at his son's graduation); to present with
an excessive amount (they overwhelmed us with their kindness and gifts)
obvious.adjective
easily perceived
or understood; quite apparent
obviously.adverb
obviousness.noun
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