Words Starting With O

showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

make obscure or unclear

emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation

slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled

make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

(followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of

causing disapproval or protest

not clearly understood or expressed; ; -Anatole Broyard; - P.A.Sorokin; - John Locke

attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

no longer in use

tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

boisterously and noisily aggressive

sticking out; protruding

slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; ; ; - Thackeray

prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

block passage through

unequivocally detestable; ; ; ; - Edmund Burke

intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

having unlimited power

infinitely wise

not easily borne; wearing

not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight

state of disgrace resulting from public abuse

rich and superior in quality

a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible

an instance of oratory

marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; ; -John Milton

of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism

be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

make rigid and set into a conventional pattern

represented or appearing as such; pretended

intended to attract notice and impress others

the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)

avoid speaking to or dealing with