Ostentation

Noun

Excessive Showiness

The ostentation of the Sun King's court is evident in the lavish decoration and luxuriousness of his palace at Versailles

Synonyms: conspicuousness; flashiness; pretnetiousness; showiness

Onerous

Adj

Troublesome and oppresive; burdensome

The assignment was so extensiove and difficult to manage that it proved onerous to the team in charge of it

Synonyms: arduous; backbreaking; burdensome; cumbersome; difficult; exacting; formifable; hard; laborious; oppresive; rigorous; taxing; trying

Officious

Adj

Too helpful; meddlesome

While planning her wedding, Maya discovered just how officious her future mother-in-law could be

Synonyms: eager; unwanted; intrusive

Obsequious

Adj

Overly submissive and eager to please

The obsequious new associate made sure to compliment her supervisor's tie and agree with him on every issue

Synonyms: compliant; deferential; servile; subservient

Overwrought

Adj

Agitated; overdone

The lawyer's overwrought voice on the phone made her clients worry about the outcome of their case

Synonyms: elaborate; excited; nervous; ornate

Ostensible

Adj

Apparent

The ostensible reason for his visit was to borrow a book, but he secretly wanted to chat with the lovely Wanda

Synonyms: represented; supposed; surface

Ossify

Verb

To change into bone; to become hardened or set in a rigidly conventional pattern

The forensics expert ascertained the body's age based on the degree to which the facial structure had ossified

Orotund

Adj

Pompous

Roberto soon grew tired of his date's orotund babble about her new job, and decided their first date would probably be their last

Synonyms: aureate; bombastic; declamatory; euphuistic; flowery; grandiloquent; magniloquent; oratirical; overblown; sonorous

Opprobrium

Noun

Public disgrace

After the scheme to embezzle the elderly was made public, the treasurer resigned in utter opprobrium

Synonyms: discredit; disgrace; dishonor; disrepute; ignominy; infamy; obloquy; shame

Opaque

Adj

Impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light

The heavy build-up of dirt and grime on the windows made them almost opaque

Synonyms: obscure

Opine

Verb

To express an opinion

At the "Let's Chat Talk Show," the audience member opined that the guest was in the wrong.

Synonyms: Point out; voice

Occlude

Verb

To stop up; prevent the passage of

A shadow is thrown across the Earth's surface during a solar eclipse, when the light from the sun is occluded by the moon.

Synonyms: Barricade; block; close; obstruct

Oblique

Adj

Indirect or evasive; misleading or devious

Usually open and friendly, Reynaldo has been behaving in a curiously oblique manner altely

Synonyms: Glancing; slanted; tangential

Obdurate

Adj

Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion

The president was completely obdurate on the issue, and no amount of persuasion would change his mind

Synonyms: inflexible; intransigent; recalcitrant; tenacious; unyielding

Obstinate

Adj

Stubborn; unyielding

The obstinate child could not be made to eat any food that he perceived to be "yucky"/

Synonyms: intransigent; mulish; persistent; pertinacious; stubborn; tenacious

Obviate

Verb

To prevent; to make unnecessary

The river was shallow enough to wade across at many points, which obviated the need for a bridge

Synonyms: forestall; preclude; prohibit