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obsene
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offensive to accepted standards of decency
repulsive indecent smutty scatalogical bawedy vulgar crude SU: reprehensible, loathsome shockingly bad |
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obsequious
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excessivly submissive to another persons wishes often for personal benefit, subservient
obsequies- funeral rights |
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obsession
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fixation with a certain idea, sometimes to the point of psychological distress
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obsolete
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out of date and no longer usable or no longer typically used. archaic, defunct
US: obsolete- already outmoded obsolescent- in the process of becoming out of use |
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officious
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excessively offering unwanted or unnecessary help or advice meddle some intrusive pushy
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ominous
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ill omened, omen_ sign portent
forshadowing evil hinting of bad to come foreboding |
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opportune
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suitable appropriate timely
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ostensible
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seeming or apparent (implies the opposite may be true similar to nomial)
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ostracize
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to banish from a group to exclude
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pandemonium
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general disorder, confusion, noise and commotion... chaos bedlam tumult
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paradox
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seemingly self-contradictory statement that on closer examination proves worthy of belief.
-- someone/something that is full of contradictions or causes puzzlement |
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paraphrase
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to restate in other words or another form to clarify meeting
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parochial
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restricted in scope range or view narrow or limited especially in outlook
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parody
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a humorous adaptation or imitation of a serious piece of work or of a certian style
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pensive
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deep in thought
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