Vocabulary Words Starting With O

Stubbornly refusing to change one's mind or soften one's position.

To deliberately make something unclear or difficult to understand.

Based on facts and evidence rather than personal feelings or opinions.

Required by a rule, law, or custom; compulsory.

Indirect or slanting, especially describing speech that avoids being straightforward.

To destroy something so completely that no trace of it remains.

Completely unaware of what's happening nearby.

Obloquy is harsh, widespread condemnation directed at a person, often ruining their standing in the eyes of others.

Not well known, or difficult to see or understand clearly.

Excessively eager to please or obey; servile.

Quick to notice small details or changes in one's surroundings.

No longer used because something newer and better has replaced it.

Stubbornly sticking to an opinion or course of action despite pressure to change.

To block a path, road, or process so that movement or progress becomes difficult or impossible.

Slow to understand or notice something obvious; mentally dull.

To obviate a problem is to eliminate it beforehand so that it never has to be dealt with.

Something odious provokes strong feelings of disgust or hatred because it is morally offensive or repulsive.

Offering unwanted help or advice in an overly pushy, meddling way, often to feel important.

Giving the unsettling feeling that something bad is about to happen.

Burdensome; requiring great effort and difficult to bear.

The beginning or first stage of something, often something unpleasant.

Not able to be seen through; by extension, difficult to understand or interpret.

To opine is to voice one's own judgment or belief on a matter, usually without being asked.

Opprobrium is the intense scorn and loss of reputation a person suffers after doing something widely seen as disgraceful.

The best or most effective possible under the given circumstances.

Displaying great and often showy wealth; luxurious.

To officially order or establish something with authority, or to formally appoint someone to a religious office.

Elaborately decorated with complex or showy detail.

To move or change repeatedly between two positions, states, or opinions.

To become rigid and fixed in a particular way, especially in habits, attitudes, or institutions; literally, to turn into bone.

Appearing or claimed to be true, though the real reason may be different.

Showing off wealth or achievement in a way meant to impress or draw attention.

To deliberately exclude someone from a group or community.

Covering or influencing everything else within a system, and representing the main and most general point.

Done or shown openly, without any attempt to hide it.

Someone overweening displays such inflated pride or ambition that they disregard reasonable limits.

Extremely agitated, anxious, or emotionally excited, or excessively elaborate.