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OAF, OAFISH - adjectives
• CLOD-SKULLED stupid; oafish ...18C Brit. colloq.
• CLUCKY stupid; oafish ...20C US colloq.
• HAGARIAN oafish, uncouth, rough ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• HALF-ROCKED half-witted, silly, foolish, oafish ...1869 Eng. dial.
• UNFARRANT unrefined, unsophisticated, rude, oafish, unmannerly ...1818 Sc.
oaf, oafish - person
• AARDVARK a slow-witted person having a coarse or foolish appearance; an oaf; a fool ...1968 Amer. sl.
• ACE a foolish or ineffectual person; a clumsy person; an oaf, a jerk: used sarcastically ...1969 US campus sl.
• ANIMAL a fool; an oaf; a stupid person ...L16
• APSAY a gullible person; a dupe; an oaf, a dullard ...Bk1942 Amer. Pig Latin for 'sap'
• ARSEWORM, ARSWORM a little diminutive man; a small or insignificant fellow; an oaf ...1690 sl.
• ASS a fool; a stupid or foolish person; an oaf ...20C sl.
• BABOON (derogatory) a foolish, stupid, or contemptible person; a person considered to resemble a baboon in appearance; an ugly or uncouth person; an oaf, a jerk; often as a term of abuse ...1592
• BACON † a country bumpkin; a rustic oaf ...1598
• BALONEY an oafish, stupid, or clumsy person; an idiot; a worthless person ...1920 US sl.
• BARRELHEAD an oaf, a stupid person ...1928 US sl.
• BEANBRAIN a fool; a simpleton; a stupid oaf ...1953 US sl.
• BEANHEAD a dull, stupid person; a fool; an oaf ...1917 Amer. sl.
• BIG BABOON an oaf; a jerk ...20C sl.
• BLOB a fool; an oaf ...20C sl.
• BOWBERT † a sluggish fellow, a dull lout, an oaf ...1513 Sc.
• BOZO a clumsy, clownish, or foolish fellow; an oaf; a rude or annoying person ...1916 Amer. sl.
• BUNK an oafish, dull, if muscular person ...1910s US sl.
• BUTT-HOOK an oafish or worthless person ...1981 Amer. sl.
• CABBAGEHEAD a stupid person; an oaf, simpleton, dolt or fool ...1682 sl.
• CHOAD, CHODE a jerk or oafish male ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CHOWDAR-HEAD an oaf ...E19 Brit. & Amer. dial.
• CHOWDER-HEAD an oaf ...1682 Brit. & Amer. dial.
• CHUFF a churl, an oaf, a bumpkin ...19C Eng. dial.
• CLAM an oaf, a blockhead; someone with a totally closed mind ...L19 US sl.
• CLINCHPOOP † a term of contempt for one considered wanting in gentlemanly breeding; a vulgar, ill-bred fellow; an oaf; a dunce; a lout, a clown ...1568
• CLOD an oaf or simpleton ...L16 colloq.
• CLOD-HEAD an oaf; a dolt ...17C Brit. & US sl.
• CLOD-HOPPER a bumpkin; a rustic ploughman; an oaf who walks among clods of dirt ...L17 rural colloq.
• CLODPATE a stupid fellow, a blockhead, a dolt, an oaf ...1636
• CLOD-POLE an oaf; a dolt ...17C Brit. & US
• CLOD-POLL an oaf; a dolt ...17C Brit. & US
• CLOMPS an oaf ...19C Eng. dial.
• CLOT a fool; an oaf ...19C colloq.
• CLOT-HEAD a fool; an oaf ...19C colloq.
• CLOWN 1. a bumpkin or rustic oaf ...16C
2. any oaf or jerk ...20C US
• CLUCK a stupid oaf; a fool ...20C US colloq.
• CLUCKHEAD a stupid oaf ...20C US colloq.
• CLYDE an oaf; a square; usually male ...Bk2006 US sl.
• COUNTRY JAKE an oaf; a bumpkin ...20C US sl.
• CRACKBRAIN a fool; a stupid oaf ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CRACKERJACK a fool, an oaf ...1970s US campus sl.
• DAFF † one deficient in proper spirit; a simpleton, blockhead, oaf, or fool; a half-witted person ...c1325 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• DICK-HEAD a jerk or an oaf; a despised man ...M20 US sl.
• DILDO(E) an oaf or jerk ...17C sl.
• DILL a simpleton; an oaf ...1941 Aust. & US sl.
• DILLPOT an oaf; a fool ...1941 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'twat'
• DIM BULB a dolt; an oaf ...E20 Can sl.
• DING-A-LING a fool; an oaf; an odd, giddy person who hears bells ...1935 US sl.
• DINGDONG a dull, stupid person; a fool; an oaf; a silly or light-headed person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DINGLEBERRY an oaf; a person stupid enough to ingest dingleberries while performing anilingus ...20C US sl.
• DINK a clueless, unaware person; a dull oaf ...1962 US sl.
• DIP a stupid, sloppy oaf; a foolish person ...1932 sl.
• DIPSHIT a person of no consequence and no intelligence; a stupid jerk, an oaf ...1962 US sl.
• DIPSTICK an inept fool; an idiot; a jerk; a stupid or contemptible person; an oaf ...1963 US sl.
• DOLLYPOT an oaf; a fool ...1920s Aust. rhyming sl. for 'twat'
• DOODLE a silly oaf ...E17 sl.
• DOOF a fool, a simpleton, an oaf ...1970s US sl.
• DOOFUS an oaf, a fool ...M20 US sl.
• DOPE a jerk; an oaf ...19C sl.
• DROOB, DRUBE a dullard; an oaf ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DUFFER an incompetent person; a person of no ability; a foolish oaf; a bungler ...c1730 UK sl.
• DUFFUS a fool, a dolt, an oaf ...1978 US sl.
• DUMBBELL an oaf; a stupid or unthinking person ...1918 US colloq.
• DUMB BUNNY a stupid person; an oaf ...M20 US sl.
• DUMB CLUCK a stupid oaf; a person as stupid as a chicken; a fool ...1948 Aust. & US colloq.
• DUMB-DUMB a stupid oaf; a dull, heavy lummox ...M20 US sl.
• DUMBELL an oaf; a stupid or unthinking person ...E20 US colloq.
• DUMBO a dolt, a fool; a large and stupid oaf ...1932 US sl.
• DUMB OX an oaf; a heavy dullard ...20C US colloq.
• DUMBSHIT a stupid oaf; an imbecile ...1961 US sl.
• DUMBSOCKS an oaf ...20C US sl.
• DUM-DUM a stupid oaf; a dull, heavy lummox ...M20 US sl.
• DUMMY a stupid oaf ...L16
• ELEPHANT AND CASTLE an oaf, a stupid person ...19C Brit. rhyming sl. for 'ass-hole'
• FART HOLE an oaf; a real jerk ...1970 US sl.
• FAT-HEAD one having a fat head; a stupid dolt; a senseless fellow; an oaf; one whose brain is composed of fat and is therefore useless ...1842
• FEEB an oaf; a stupid person ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FINK any undesirable oaf or jerk ...E20 US sl.
• FISH a fool, an oaf ...20C US sl.
• FLAT TIRE a fool, an oaf; a worthless man ...E20 US sl.
• FLIBBERTIGIBBET a chattering or gossiping person; a flighty, restless, or frivolous woman; a scatterbrain; an oaf ...1549
• FLITTERTIGIBBET a scatterbrain; an oaf; a gossiper ...M16
• FRIBBLE a trifling, frivolous fellow; one not occupied in serious employment, a trifler; a silly oaf ...1664
• FRIP an oaf ...M20 US sl.
• FRUITCAKE a jerk; an oaf ...M20 US sl.
• FUCK-HEAD an oaf, a jerk ...M20 US sl.
• GALLOOT 1. an awkward soldier; a young marine ...1812 sl.
2. a man, esp. if hulking, stupid, boorish, foolish, clumsy, or otherwise objectionable; an awkward or uncouth person ...1818 UK
• GAUBY a simpleton, a fool, a dolt, a lout, an oaf ...Bk1869 Eng. dial.
• GAUKY an awkward, stupid, badly-mannered person; an oaf; an awkward fool; a simpleton who stares vacantly ..Bk1828 Eng. dial.
• GAUVISON an oafish, weak, silly fellow ...1788 Eng. dial.
• GAZOOK an ineffectual or incompetent person; a clumsy oaf ...1901 sl., orig. US
• GLEEP an odd, obnoxious, or foolish person; a stupid person; an oaf; a disliked person ...1947 US college sl.
• GOOF an oaf, a ridiculous jerk; an incompetent fool ...20C US sl. & colloq.
• GOOF-BALL a jerk; an oaf; an incompetent fool ...M20 US sl.
• GOOFER an oaf, a ridiculous jerk; an incompetent fool ...20C US sl. & colloq.
• GOOFUS an oaf, a ridiculous jerk; an incompetent fool ...1910s US sl. & colloq.
• GOOP a clod, an oaf ...20C US sl. & colloq.
• GOOPUS a stupid oaf ...M20 US sl.
• GOOSE a silly oaf ...16C
• GOUP a clod, an oaf ...20C US sl. & colloq.
• GRIZZLEDEMUNDY a term of abuse applied to a person who laughs at any trifling thing; a grinning fool; a stupid oaf ...1818 Eng. dial.
• GUFFIN an awkward, clumsy oaf ...M19 Brit. & Amer. dial.
• GUFFOON an oaf ...19C Brit.
• GULL a simpleton; an oaf ...L16
• GUMP a fool, a dolt, an oaf ...1825 Brit. & US colloq.
• HAIRBRAIN an oaf, a fool ...M16
• HAMMER-HEAD † a head likened to a hammer; a blockhead; an oaf; a dull, stupid fellow ...1532
• HARE-BRAIN † one who has a brain like a hare's, or no more brain than a hare; a giddy, reckless or rash person; an oaf, a fool ...1550
• HEY NONNY-NONNY an oaf; a blockhead; a stupid person ...19C Brit. sl.
• IRONHEAD a stupid oaf, a fool ...20C sl.
• IT-SHAY dung; a curse; an oaf or a fool ...20C US Pig Latin for 'shit'
• J a fool, an oaf ...19C Brit. sl.
• JACKASS a stupid or foolish person; a dolt, an oaf, a blockhead ...1823
• JACK-OFF a jerk or incompetent oaf ...20C US sl.
• JACK-SAUCE † a saucy or impudent fellow; a little oaf ...c1550
• JACOB † a simpleton; a fool; a half-witted fellow; an oaf ...1785 sl.
• JAKE (derogatory) a rustic, uncouth, awkward, or inexperienced person; a lout; an oaf; a bumpkin ...1884 Amer. dial.
• JAR-HEAD a fool, an oaf ...20C US sl.
• JAY an oaf or a rascal; a frivolous person ...L16
• JAZZBO a clumsy, clownish or foolish person; an oaf; a rude or annoying person ...1923 Amer. sl.
• JERK an oaf or incompetent fool ...19C US sl.
• JERK-OFF a worthless, contemptible person; a jerk or oaf; an incompetent do-nothing; a contemptuous term of address ...1968 Brit. & US sl.
• JOE ERK a fool; an oaf; a jerk; a wretched man ...World Wars rhyming sl. for 'jerk' and 'berk'
• JOE HUNT a fool; an oaf; a jerk; a wretched man ...20C Brit. rhyming sl. for 'cunt'
• KELF †* a lubber, a blockhead, a lout, an oaf ...1664
• KLOTZ an oaf; a clod or a bungler ...M20 US sl.
• KLUCK a stupid oaf; a fool ...20C US colloq.
• KLUTZ an oaf; a clod or a bungler; an idiot; an awkward, stupid person ...M20 US sl.
• LAMB a simpleton, an oaf; one who is cheated; esp. one who speculates and loses his money ...1668
• LARDHEAD an oaf; a stupid person ...20C colloq.
• LEATHER-HEAD a fool, a blockhead, a dolt, an oaf, a stupid person; a person slow of comprehension ...a1700
• LERICOMPOOP a buffoon; an oaf ...16C Brit. colloq.
• LIGHTS a fool; a soft-head; an oaf ...1682 Brit. colloq.
• LOB a clumsy fellow; an unwieldy, lumpish oaf ...E16
• LOBBUS an oaf, a stupid person ...20C sl.
• LOGI-LOGI a stupid, oafish person ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• LOGO-LOGO a stupid, oafish person ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• LOPPUS an oaf, a stupid person ...20C sl.
• LORG a stupid person; an oaf ...E20 US sl.
• LUBBER a hulking oaf; a fool ...14C Brit.
• LUBBER-HEAD a hulking oaf ...14C Brit.
• LUBBY a hulking oaf ...14C Brit.
• LUG-LOAF an oaf; a blockhead ...E17 Brit. sl.
• LUNK an oaf; an ungainly person ...1950s US sl.
• MAGUFFIN a foolish, blundering person, an oaf ...1832 Sc.
• MEATHEAD an oaf; a stupid person ...M20 US colloq.
• MELL-HEAD a blockhead; an oaf ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MENTAL HERNIA a fool; an idiot; an oaf; a stupid person ...1970 Amer. sl.
• MESS an objectionable or foolish person; unruly or incorrigible person; an oaf; a hopelessly stupid person; a mentally confused person ...1936 sl.
• MOON-HEAD a silly, awkward fellow; an oaf; a fool ...1919 Amer. dial.
• MOP † a fool, a simpleton, an oaf ...c1330
• MOPE a fool, a stupid person, a simpleton; a dolt, an oaf; a dullard; a slow-witted or inept person ...c1390
• MUD a fool; an oaf; a stupid person ...18C Brit. colloq.
• MUDDLE-HEAD a fool; a simpleton; a stupid person; an oaf ...M19
• MUD-HEAD. an oaf; a fool; a stupid person ...E19 colloq.
• MUFF an oaf, a fool, a stupid person ...1682 cant
• MUTT an oaf; a dullard; a stupid person ...20C US sl.
• NARK an annoying, unpleasant or despicable person; an oaf, a jerk ...1846 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
• NEEGER a savage, barbarous fellow; an oaf, a lout ...1792 Sc.
• NERD a person lacking in social skills, fashion sense, or both; someone studious but socially inept; an ineffectual or incompetent person; an oaf, a jerk ......1951 chiefly US colloq.
• NICKUMPOOP a fool; an oaf; a jerk ...L17 sl.
• NINCOMPOOP, NINKOMPOOP a fool; an oaf; a jerk ...L17 sl.
• NING-NONG a fool, an idiot, an oaf ...E20 Aust. sl.
• NINNY a fool; an oaf; a simpleton ...L16
• NIT a nitwit; an oaf; a fool ...20C colloq.
• NITWIT an oaf; a fool ...20C US colloq.
• NIZY a fool; an oaf; a dunce ...L17 Brit. sl.
• NIZZIE a fool; an oaf ...L17 Brit. sl.
• NOCKY BOY a dull oaf; a fool ...17C colloq.
• NOCKY †* a silly, dull fellow; a foolish person; a simpleton, a dullard; an oaf ...a1700 obs. rare exc. Eng. dial.
• NODCOCK a simpleton; a fool; an oaf ...M16
• NODDIPOL an oaf; a fool ...16C colloq.
• NODDY an oaf; a fool; a simpleton ...16C colloq.
• NODDY-HEAD an oaf; a fool; a simpleton ...16C colloq.
• NODDY-PATE a simpleton, an idiot, a fool, an oaf ...1660
• NODDY-PEAK(E) an oaf; a fool; a simpleton ...16C colloq.
• NODDY-POLE an oaf; a fool; a simpleton ...16C colloq.
• NODDY-POLL an oaf; a fool; a simpleton ...16C colloq.
• NODGECOCK a simpleton; a fool; an oaf ...M16
• NONG an oaf; a dolt; a stupid person; a fool; an idiot ...M20 Aust. sl.
• NONG-NONG an oaf; a dolt; a stupid person ...M20 Aust. sl.
• NONNY-NONNY an oaf; a blockhead; a stupid person ...19C Brit. sl.
• NUMBHEAD a stupid oaf ...20C US colloq.
• NUMP a dolt; an oaf; a silly or stupid person; a fool; a blockhead ...17C Brit.
• NURD a person lacking in social skills, fashion sense, or both; an ineffectual or incompetent person; someone studious but socially inept; an oaf, a jerk ...1951 sl., chiefly US
• OAFO an oaf; a socially inferior fool; a lout ...1959 UK sl.
• OAPH † an oaf ...1625
• OOFUS a stupid oaf ...M20 US sl.
• PALOOKA, PALUKA an oaf; an unskilled prizefighter ...20C US sl.
• PECKERHEAD a disparaging term for a person; a thick-headed or stupid person; a jerk, an oaf; a despised man ...1955 Amer. dial.
• PISS-HEAD an oaf; a fool; a jerk ...20C US sl.
• POTATOHEAD a fool, a simpleton, a stupid person, a dunce, an oaf ...1952 Amer. sl.
• PUDDENHEAD, PUDDINGHEAD an oaf ...19C Brit. & US colloq.
• PUMBLECHOOK a stupid person; a fool; an oaf; a 'human ass' ...L19 Brit. & US sl.
• PUMPKINHEAD a stupid person, an oaf ...E19 Brit. & US sl. & colloq.
• PUNKIN-HEAD a stupid person; an oaf or dolt ...19C Amer. dial.
• RALPH a fool; an oaf ...18C colloq.
• RATTLEHEAD an oaf; a scatterbrain whose brain has dried and is rattling about in his head ...M17 Brit.
• SAMMY SOFT a fool; an oaf ...c1840 sl.
• SAP a jerk; an oaf ...1817
• SAUSAGE any dull, stupid person; an oaf; one who is as alert as a real sausage ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• SCHLEP(P), SHLEPP an idler, a worthless or ineffectual person; an oaf, a slob, a jerk, a stupid or awkward person ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SCHLEPPER, SHLEPPER an idler, a worthless or ineffectual person; an oaf, a slob, a jerk, a stupid or awkward person; an insignificant person; a second-rater ...1934 sl. orig. US
• SCHLUB, SHLUB a worthless person; an oaf ...M20 US sl.
• SCHMEKEL an oaf; a stupid person ...M20 sl.
• SCHMENDRICH, SHMENDRICK a stupid person; an oaf; an immature male; a nonvirile male; used derisively by women ...20C US sl.
• SCHMOCK a stupid person; a fool; oaf; ...20C US sl.
• SHITKICKER an unsophisticated or oafish person, esp. one from a rural area ...sl.
• SHUTTLE-BRAIN an oaf; a dullard ...16C colloq.
• SHUTTLE-HEAD an oaf; a dullard ...16C colloq.
• SHUTTLE-WIT an oaf; a dullard ...16C colloq.
• SIMP a fool, a simpleton, an oaf, a stupid or dull person; a dim-witted or backward person ...c1910 sl., orig. US
• SPOON an oaf, a simpleton ...L18 sl.
• SPOOPS an oaf; a simpleton ...M19 US sl.
• STUB a fool; an oaf...1632-74 sl.
• STUMBLE-BUM any oaf or dullard ...M20 US sl.
• STUMP. an oaf; a fool; a blockhead...19C Brit. sl.
• STUPEHEAD. an oaf; a blockhead ...20C US colloq.
• TOOT an idle or worthless person; a shiftless, lazy person; a simpleton, a fool; an oaf ...1888 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• UM-BAY a bum; a worthless oaf ...E20 US Pig Latin for 'bum'
• UMPCHAY a fool, a dolt, an oaf, a 'sucker' ...1931 US Pig Latin for 'chump'
• WANG an oaf; a contemptible person ...20C US sl.
• WANK a simpleton; a stupid person; an oaf ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WEENIE an oaf, a jerk ...20C US sl.
• WEINER an oaf; a jerk ...M20 US sl.
• WEIRDO any unpleasant person, usually male; an oaf or jerk ...M20 US sl.
• WEIRDY any unpleasant person, usually male; an oaf or jerk ...M20 US sl.
• WET a fool, an oaf ...20C Aust. sl.
• WET-GOOSE an oaf, a simpleton ...19C Brit. sl.
• WETHER-HEAD an oaf or dolt ...L17 Brit. colloq.
• WET NOODLE a dupe; an oaf ...20C US colloq.
• WET RAG an oaf; a useless jerk ...M20 US sl.
• WET SOCK an oaf; a useless jerk ...M20 US sl.
• WHANG an oaf; a contemptible person ...20C US sl.
• WHICKERBILL a worthless oaf or bumpkin ...20C US sl.
• WISEACRE a smart aleck or an oaf ...L19 colloq.
• WISE-ASS (derogatory) a know-all; a stupid oaf or smart aleck ...1971 US sl.
• WISE GUY (derogatory) a know-all; a stupid oaf or smart aleck ... 1896 sl., orig. US
• WOODCOCK a gullible fool; an oaf ...15C
• WONK a simpleton; an oaf ...20C US sl.
• WOODENHEAD a blockhead, an oaf; a stupid person ...20C US sl.
• WOODEN SPOON a dunce; an oaf ...19C Brit. & US sl.
• WOOFIT an oaf; an ignorant person; also, a term of endearment to an infant ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• YACK a fool; a stupid fellow; an oaf; an innocent person; a dope ...c1920 US sl.
• YAP a fool; an oaf; a hillbilly or bumpkin ...20C Amer. dial.
• YAUP, YAWP one who has a vacant stupid look; a fool, an oaf, a yokel ...1896 Sc.
• YOCK a stupid fellow; an oaf ...20C US sl.
• YOKEL (usually derogator) a term of contempt for a (stupid or ignorant) countryman or rustic; an uneducated and unsophisticated, gullible person from the countryside; a country bumpkin; a lout; an oaf ...1812
• YUCK, YUK a fool; a stupid fellow; an oaf; an innocent person; a rustic ...1943 sl., orig. US
• ZHLOB an oaf or dolt; a fool, a moron; a boorish, insensitive person; a coarse person, a slob ...1950 US sl.
• ZHLUB an oaf or dolt; a fool, a moron; a boorish, insensitive person; a dull, unpolished person, usually a male ...1950 US sl.
• ZIB a nincompoop; a fool, a sucker; an oaf; a stupid person with unknown political or personal opinions ...1934 US sl., chiefly criminals' usage
OAK - adjectives
• ICKEN oak ...1859 Amer. thieves' sl.
• QUERNAL †* make of oak leaves; oaken ...1599
oak - nouns
• ICKEN-BAUM an oak tree ...1859 sl.
• OAK-APPLE a sprig of oak or maple ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
oak - person
• OAK-WRIGHT a worker in oak ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
OAR - nouns
• PAIR OF WINGS † oars ...1788 UK sl.
• PALM the blade of an oar ...1513
• REM an oar ...Bk1904 Sc.
• REMMACK an oar ...1897 Sc.
• WALL the wake made by an oar in the water ...1971 Sc.
• WING an oar ...L18 sl.
OATCAKE - nouns
• DUMMOCK an oatcake ...19C Eng. dial.
• HANNIES oatcakes ...1812 Sc.
• HARD-BREAD oatcake ...1875 Eng. dial. & Ireland
• HAVER-CAKE oatcake ...1362 N. Eng. dial.
OATH - adjectives
• JURAMENTAL †* pert. to an oath ...1651
• JURANT taking an oath; swearing ...1715
• JURATE †* sworn, bound by oath ...1433-4
• JURATIVE pert. to an oath ...1935
• JURATORY pert. to an oath; expressed or contained in an oath ...1553
• JURING * taking the oath ...1710
oath - adverbs
• JURAMENTALLY † with an oath ...1693
oath - nouns
• BIBLE-OATH a very solemn oath ...1836 Eng. dial.
• BIT OF SCARLET an oath ...M19 sl.
• JURAMENT † an oath ...1575
• JURATION * the act of swearing; an oath ...1656
• RAPPER † a great oath ...1678 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAPPING utterance of an oath ...1611
oath - person
• ADJURATOR † a person who swears or witnesses an oath ...1729
• JURANT one who takes an oath ...1585
• JURAT † one who has taken an oath; a person who performs some duty on oath; one sworn to give information about the crimes committed in his neighbourhood, and in other ways to assist the administration of justice ...1531
• JURATOR * one who has taken an oath; a person who performs some duty on oath; one sworn to give information about the crimes committed in his neighbourhood, and in other ways to assist the administration of justice ...a1642
• JURIER †* one who has taken an oath; a juror or juryman ...1486
oath - verbs
• CAP to swear an oath ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
OATH - interjections - see EXCLAMATIONS
OATMEAL - nouns
• GLUE oatmeal ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
OATS - person
• OATMONGER † a dealer in oats ...1327
OBDURATE - person
• DAW an obdurate, unreasoning person ...1997 Ireland sl.
OBEDIENCE, OBEDIENT, OBEYING - adjectives
• BIDDABLE ready to do what is bidden; obedient, willing, docile ...1826
• BIDDENABLE obedient, docile ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRIDLEWISE of a person: obedient ...1898 Amer. dial.
• BUXOM † obedient; pliant; compliant, tractable ...c1175
• EYE-SERVING * hard-working or obedient only when under observation ...1615
• HEARSUM † ready to hear; obedient, compliant; dutiful, devout ...c900
• HERSUM † ready to hear; obedient, compliant; dutiful, devout ...c900
• MINDFUL obedient ...1952 Amer. dial.
• MORIGERATE complying, obedient ...a1533 rare
• MORIGEROUS obedient, dutiful, compliant, submissive ...c1600
• OBEDIBLE †* capable of obedience; obedient, docile, compliant, submissive, yielding ...1622
• OBEDIENCIARY † practising or professing obedience; owning allegiance ...1700
• OBEISAND † obedient ...c1500
• OBEISANT † obedient ...1297
• OBEYABLE * that can or should be obeyed ...1676
• OBEYAND † obeying, obedient ...c1400 N. Eng. dial.
• OBEYANT obedient ...c1400
• OBEYSAND † obedient, obeying ...1375
• OBSEQUENT † compliant, yielding, obedient, submissive ...1520
• OBSEQUIOUS * compliant with the will or wishes of another, esp. of a superior; prompt to serve, please, or follow directions; obedient, dutiful ...a1450
• OBTEMPERATE † obedient, submissive ...1432-50
• SUBJECTLY †* obedient, submissive ...a1603
obedience, obedient, obeying - nouns
• BIDDABILITY the quality of being biddable; obedience ...1947
• BIDDABLENESS obedience, docility, tractability ...1886 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• BUXOMNESS † obedience; submissiveness; lowliness, humility ...c1175
• HERSUMNESSE † obedience ...c900
• OBEYANCE † obedience; homage ...a1400-50
• OBSEQUIOUSNESS † ready compliance or obedience; eagerness to serve or please; dutiful service ...1447 now rare or obs.
• OBTEMPERANCE † obeying ...1623
• OBTEMPERATION † obedience, an obeying ...1611
obedience, obedient, obeying - person
• EYE-SERVANT * a servant or employee who is hard-working or obedient only when observed by his or her master or employer ...a1555
• EYE-SERVER * a servant or employee who is hard-working or obedient only when observed by his or her master or employer ...a1626
• OBEDIENCIARY † one who obeys; one yielding obedience; a person in a position of subjection; one owning allegiance, a subject ...c1540
• OBEDIENT † one who is obedient or subject to authority; a subordinate ...1626
• OBEISANT † one who is obedient; an obedient servant; one under authority; a subordinate ...1475
• OBEYER one who obeys; one who yields obedience ...1551
• OBTEMPERANCE †* obeying ...1589 chiefly Sc. usage
• OBTEMPERATION †* obeying ...1611
obedience, obedient, obeying - verbs (includes OBEY)
• ANT to show attention to, to respect, to obey ...1891 Sc.
• BECK to curtsey; to cringe; to do obeisance ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUXOM †* to yield to, to obey ...c1305
• DANCE TO A PERSON'S WHISTLE to follow his lead; to unquestionably obey ...c1560 sl.
• ENT to regard, to notice; to obey ...Bk1900 Sc.
• HEAR to obey ...c950
• HEARSUM † to obey, to be obedient to; to revere ...c900
• HERSUM † to obey, to be obedient to; to revere ...c900
• LEAD BY THE NOSE to cause to obey submissively ...1583
• LEAD BY THE SLEEVE † to cause to obey submissively ...c1425
• MORIGERATE † to do as commanded; to obey, to comply ...1623
• OBEISH † to obey ...a1400-50
• OBSEQUE †* to comply with, to yield to, to obey ...1720
• OBTEMPER † to comply with, to yield to, to obey ...c1489
• OBTEMPERATE to comply with, yield to, submit to, obey; to be obedient ...1432-50
• WALK THE CHALK to conform rigorously to a prescribed standard; to behave oneself; to obey implicitly ...1845 Amer. dial.
• WALK THE CHALK LINE to conform rigorously to a prescribed standard; to behave oneself; to obey implicitly ...1851 Amer. dial.
• WALK THE CHALK MARK to conform rigorously to a prescribed standard; to behave oneself; to obey implicitly ...1905 Amer. dial.
obedience, obedient, obeying - phrases
• ILL SERVANT WILL NEVER MAKE A GOOD MASTER, AN he that cannot obey, cannot rule ...1887 Eng. dial.
OBEDIENTLY - adverbs
• BIDDABLY obediently, meekly ...1895 Sc.
• BUXOMLY † obediently, humbly, meekly; courteously, willingly ...a1240
OBEISANCE - nouns
• BEISANCE † obeisance; deferential respect ...1556
• BOB a curtsy, obeisance, nod ...Bk1911 Sc.
• SCRAPE a bow, an obeisance ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
obeisance - verbs
• BECK to nod or bow the head; to curtsy, to make obeisance ...1724 Sc.
• SCRAP to bow, to make obeisance ...1883 Eng. dial.
• SCRAPE to bow mowing the foot, to make obeisance ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
OBESE - adjectives (also see CORPULENT, FAT, OVERWEIGHT)
• BEEFY fleshy; unduly stout or fat, obese; stolid ...1853
• BOUKY bulky; obese ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CHUBBYFAT obese ...1940s US Black sl.
• MOBY large, huge; fat, obese ...1965 US college sl.
• PODDY corpulent, obese, stout; round in the belly ...1844 colloq.
• PORKY fat; obese ...M19 sl.
• PUFFY obese; bloated ...1664 sl.
obese - person
• BAG OF GUTS a fat person; a grossly obese person ...1597 US sl.
• BALLOON-BELLY an obese person ...1933 US sl.
• BELKY an obese person or animal; a glutton ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLICAN an obese person ...Bk1878 Eng. dial.
• BELLICON an obese person or animal; a glutton ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLIMP a nickname for an obese person ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BUNDLE OF GUTS (used contemptuously) a grossly obese person; a fat person ...1957 Amer. sl.
• FIVE-BY-FIVE an obese person ...Bk1942 US sl.
• GUTS (derogatory) a term of abuse, an overweight or obese person; a notably fat person ...1596 UK
• GUTSY (derogatory) a term of abuse, an overweight or obese person; a fat man ...1596 UK
• HEFTY a stout or obese person ...1871 US sl.
• MOO an obese person ...1990s US college sl.
• MOO-COW an obese person ...1990s US college sl.
• MOO-MOO an obese person ...1990s US college sl.
• OVERSTREWN GALOON an obese person ...Bk1942 US sl.
• MR. FIVE-BY-FIVE an obese person ...Bk1942 US sl.
• PORKY a fat person; an obese person ...1920s sl.
• QUEEN MARY an obese homosexual man ...1980s US homosexual sl.
• SCUTTLE OF GUTS (used contemptuously) a grossly obese person; a fat person ...1930 Amer. sl.
• TUB OF GUTS (used contemptuously) a grossly obese person; a fat person ...1906 Amer. sl.
• WOBBLEFATS an obese person ...Bk2004 US sl.
OBEY - see OBEDIENCE
OBITUARY - adjectives
• NECROLOGIC † belonging to necrology; obituary ...1796
• NECROLOGICAL belonging to necrology; obituary ...1828-32
obituary - nouns
• IRISH COMICS the obituary columns in a newspaper ...20C sl.
• IRISH FUNNIES the obituary columns in a newspaper ...20C sl.
• NECROLOGUE an obituary notice ...1884
• NECROLOGY an obituary notice ...1799
• OBIT an obituary ...1874 sl.
• OBITAL † a record or register of deaths; an obituary ...1691
• OBITUAL * a record or register of deaths; an obituary ...1812
obituary - person
• NECROGRAPHER one who writes an obituary notice ...1862
• NECROLOGIST one who writes an obituary notice ...1803
• OBITUARIST the writer of an obituary notice ...1792
obituary - verbs
• OBITUARIZE to write an obituary notice ...1891
OBJECT - person
• BUT-BOY someone, usually a male, who raises objections frequently ...Bk2006 US sl.
• OBJECTANT †* one who or that which objects ...1625
• OBJECTATOR †* an objector ...1656
• OBJECTIONER * one who offers an objection; an objector ...1799
• OBJECTIONIST * one who offers an objection; an objector ...
• OBJECTOR one who brings forward a reason or argument against something, or expresses disapproval of or disagreement with; one who objects ...1640
• OBJICIENT one who objects; an objector; an opponent of a motion or proposition ...1864
object - verbs
• AIL AT to have an objection to ...c1817 Sc.
• BACKSPEAK to gainsay, to reject, to object to ...1871 Sc.
• BECLEPE † to appeal against, to object to, to disapprove ...c1320
• BEEF to object ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• BOKE to object to ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HABBERGAW to stumble or hesitate in reading; to make objections ...1900 Sc.
• KICK UP A STINK to object loudly or publicly to something; to make a fuss or scene ...1948 sl.
• PITCH A BITCH to make great objections or a big fuss about something ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PITCH A DUCK-FIT to make great objections or a big fuss about something ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PITCH A FIT to make great objections or a big fuss about something; to rave in anger, to become much excited ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PITCH A HISSY-FIT to make great objections or a big fuss about something ...1965 Amer. dial.
• QUARREL to question, to call to account, to challenge; to find fault with, to rebuke; to object to ...1709 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAISE A STINK to object loudly or publicly to something; to make a fuss or scene ...1948 sl.
• TOP TALL TIMBER to make a commotion, to 'blow one's top'; to make great objections or a big fuss about something ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOP THE TREES to make a commotion, to 'blow one's top'; to make great objections or a big fuss about something ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOP TIMBER to make a commotion, to 'blow one's top'; to make great objections or a big fuss about something ...1965 Amer. dial.
OBJECT (thing) - nouns
• CHAT a thing; an object ...M19 sl.
• FAKE an object, gadget, device, or contrivance of any kind; a gimcrack ...1897 sl.
• FAKELOO an object, device or contrivance of any kind ...1958 Amer. sl.
• FAKEMENT any object, whether or not uncommon; a thing; used of something the name of which escapes you ...M19 sl.
• GUY an object; a thing ...1980s US sl.
OBJECT (aim) - nouns
• SCUDDER a thing, an object, a thingamabob ...1962 Amer. dial.
• UMTION an aim, an object ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
OBJECTING, OBJECTION - adjectives
• CAVILLOUS † unfair in argument; full of objections; apt to object or criticize without good reason; captious, quibbling ...1572
• EXCEPTIOUS prone to making objections; cavilling, peevish, captious, complaining ...1602
• OBJECTATIVE given to objecting; fond of making objections ...1873
• TARTLESOME † disposed to start objections, captious ...a1838 Sc.
objecting, objection - nouns
• APPOSITION † an objection; opposition ...E16
• BACK-DRAWING reluctance, objection, hesitation ...1934 Amer. dial.
• BACK-JAR an ill-natured objection or opposition; an artful evasion ...1825 Sc.
• BALK reluctance, objection ...1746 Eng. dial.
• BRABBLE † a quibble, a captious objection or dispute ...1581
• CAPTION † the act of cavilling or taking exception; an objection or cavil; fallacious or captious argument; a quibble, sophism ...1605
• HABBERGAW hesitation, suspense, objection ...1808 Sc.
• OB an objection ...20C policemen's sl.
• KICK opposition, objection, repugnance ...1839
• OBJECT an objection ...1822 Sc.
• OBJECTATION * the act of objecting or making objections ...1886
• OBSTIC † an obstacle, objection ...1791 Sc.
objecting, objection - interjections
• HELL ALL FRIDAY! used to express objection or disgust ...1966 Amer. dial.
OBJECTIONABLE - adjectives
• BAG-BITING infuriatingly objectionable or second-rate ...1983 Amer. computers' sl.
• BOOGERY spooky, threatening, unpleasant, objectionable ...1900 Amer. dial.
• BUGGERY spooky, threatening, unpleasant, objectionable ...1941 Amer. dial.
• CRUDDY of a person: objectionable, contemptible, despicable, unpleasant ...1877
• DIRE objectionable, unpleasant ...1836 UK
• FUNKY unpleasant, objectionable; also, suspect, questionable, strange ...1946 US sl.
• ON THE NOSE smelly; objectionable; decayed; stinking; esp. of rotten organic matter, as food ...1941 Aust. sl.
• OVER THE FENCE used to stress the unacceptability of something found objectionable ...1918 Aust. & NZ sl.
• REBARBATIVE * repellent, forbidding; unattractive, dull; unpleasant, objectionable ...1892
• UGGIN disgusting, loathsome, nauseating, objectionable, annoying, vexatious; frightful, horrible, ghastly ...1838 Sc.
• VERMINOUS noxious, objectionable, offensive ...1621-3
objectionable - nouns
• ARSE an objectionable person or place ...1944 Aust. sl.
• BAD MEDICINE a dangerous, unfortunate, or objectionable thing ...1844 US West usage
• BAGBITER a thing that is infuriatingly objectionable, second-rate, or the like ...1982 Amer. computers' sl.
• FAIR COW an annoying or objectionable person or circumstance ...1904 Aust. sl.
• FRIGHTFULNESS anything, esp. behaviour, that is objectionable ...1914 colloq.
• SINK † a collective mass of unsavoury or objectionable matters ...1577-87
objectionable - person
• ARSE an objectionable person or place ...1944 Aust. sl.
• ASTARD-BA a bastard; a contemptible, objectionable person ...1930s semi back-slang
• BAA-LAMB a bastard, a contemptible, objectionable person ...1910s euphemism
• BAD MEDICINE a dangerous, unfortunate, or objectionable person ...1844 US West usage
• BAD PILL an objectionable person, or one of low morals; a person of unenviable reputation ...Bk1891 sl.
• BAGBITER a person that is infuriatingly objectionable, second-rate, or the like ...1982 Amer. computers' sl.
• BAIGLE a disagreeable, dirty person; an objectionable person; a sight, a fright ...1821 Sc.
• BARGEE a general insult, the inference is a loud-mouthed, objectionable person ...1825 UK sl.
• BARSTERD a bastard; a contemptible, objectionable, or offensive person ...1675
• BASKET a bastard; a contemptible, objectionable person ...1936 euphemism
• BASS a term of abuse; a bastard; a contemptible, objectionable person ...1967 Sc. sl.
• BASTARD a contemptible, objectionable, or offensive person; an unpleasant or despicable person ...1675
• B.B. a term of abuse; a contemptible or objectionable person; 'Bitch's Bastard' ...1954 UK sl.
• BEAGLE a disagreeable, dirty person; an objectionable person; a sight, a fright ...1821 Sc.
• BEE a bastard, a contemptible, objectionable person ...1920s sl.
• BERK, BIRK, BURK(E) (mildly derogatory) an incompetent, objectionable, or annoying person; a term of abuse...1929 UK sl.
• BITCH'S BASTARD a term of abuse; a contemptible or objectionable person ...1922 sl.
• BOUNDER a person of objectionable manners or anti-social behaviour; a cad ...a1889 sl.
• CREEP an objectionable or unpleasant person; a dull or insignificant person ...1926 US sl.
• CRUD an unpleasant or despicable person; an objectionable or contemptible person; a general term of abuse ...1932
• CRUMB an untrustworthy, loathsome, or objectionable person; an insignificant, despicable person ...c1920 Amer. sl.
• CUNT a disliked person; an objectionable fellow; an unpleasant or despicable person ...1860 sl.
• DUFFER a foolish, inept, or objectionable person; a foolish or objectionable old man ...c1730
• DUMB FARMER (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FAIR COW an annoying or objectionable person or circumstance ...1904 Aust. sl.
• FARMER a stupid or unsophisticated person; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...M19 sl.
• FARMER BOY (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FARMER JACK (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FARMER JAKE (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GALLOOT a man, esp. if hulking, stupid, boorish, foolish, clumsy, or otherwise objectionable; an awkward or uncouth person ...1821 UK
• GIT an unpleasant, objectionable, or contemptible person; a term of abuse...1939 Brit. colloq.
• GREASER a flatterer, a sycophant; an objectionable person ...1900 sl.
• HICK FARMER (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JEZEBEL an objectionable woman; a termagant or shrew ...1553 colloq.
• MELVIN a person who is old-fashioned or unappealing; a dull, uninformed, or obnoxious person; a profoundly objectionable person ...1954 Amer. sl.
• MESS an objectionable or foolish person; unruly or incorrigible person; an oaf; a hopelessly stupid person; a mentally confused person ...1936 sl.
• MONIMENT a ridiculous or objectionable person; a laughingstock, a fool, a rogue ...1866 Sc.
• MONUMENT a ridiculous or objectionable person; a laughingstock, a fool, a rogue ...1866 Sc.
• NASTY PIECE OF WORK an objectionable person ...1961 UK sl.
• OICKMAN a labourer, a shopkeeper; hence, an objectionable fellow ...1925 UK sl.
• OLD FARMER (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ROTTER an objectionable or reprehensible person ...E17 sl.
• SCLYOG † a term of abuse for a dirty, objectionable person ...1882 Sc.
• SCOOTMAGROO a disgusting, objectionable person ...1903 Sc.
• SIG a bad-tempered, thoroughly objectionable person; a medical initialism for Stroppy (bad-tempered) Ignorant Git (objectionable person) ...2002 UK doctors' shorthand
• SPOOPS a silly fellow, a simpleton; a weak-minded fellow; one whose manners are objectionable ...1914 Amer. dial.
• SQUIRM a small, objectionable boy ...c1880 school sl.
• TAID a 'toad' a disgusting person; an objectionable, trouble-making person ...1793 Sc.
• TAIRD a term of great contempt applied to a man; a nasty, objectionable, dirty person ...Bk1825 Sc.
• TOAD a term of contempt for an objectionable, trouble-making person ...1793 Sc.
• URIAH HEEP an objectionable or unpleasant person; a dull or insignificant person ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'creep'
• VARMENT, VARMINT an objectionable or troublesome person; a mischievous child ...1773
• VENIM, VENOM a spiteful, vicious person or animal; a very objectionable creature ...1898 Sc.
• VERMIN a vile, objectionable, or offensive person ...1581
• VERMINAILLE † vile, objectionable, or offensive people ...1600
• WAMPUS a mean, difficult or objectionable person; an offensive or loathsome person ...1912 Amer. dial.
• WAMPUS CAT a virago; a mean, difficult, or objectionable person ...1915 Amer. dial.
• WANK an objectionable or contemptible person, esp. male; an incompetent, pretentious, or ostentatious person ...1970 sl.
• WANKER an objectionable or contemptible person, esp. male; an incompetent, pretentious, or ostentatious person ...1971 Brit. sl.
• WRUX a rotter; a humbug; an objectionable person ...c1875 UK school sl.
• ZOUCHER an objectionable, unpleasant person; an unmannerly fellow; a churl; a slovenly fellow ...Bk1889 sl.
objectionable - verbs
• COME OUT OF A BAG to behave in an objectionable manner ...1983 Amer. sl.
• EAT IT to be extremely objectionable, offensive, or unsatisfactory; to 'suck' ...1940 US sl.
objectionable - phrases
• HE'S A CUNT AND A HALF said of an extremely objectionable youth or man ...L1950s sl.
OBJECTOR - person
• OBJECTATOR †* an objector ...1656
• OBJECTIONER * one who offers an objection; an objector ...1799
• OBJECTIONIST * one who offers an objection; an objector ...1607
• OBJICIENT one who objects; an objector; an opponent of a motion or proposition ...1864
• PERCY (derogatory) a weak or effeminate man; a conscientious objector ...1916 sl.
• QUERELER † a quarreller, an objector ...1542
OBLIGATED - adjectives
• ENTITLED obligated ...1914 Amer. dial.
• OBSTRICT †* morally bound; bounden; obliged, obligated ...1527
OBLIGATION - adjectives
• DEBTED † of persons: under obligation; indebted ...c1425
• OBLIGABLE * capable of being brought under an obligation ...1860
• OBLIGATIONAL * pert. to an obligation ...1887
• SATISFACTORY * serving to satisfy a debt or obligation ...1604
• UNDEFEASED † undischarged, under obligation still ...1492 Sc.
obligation - nouns
• BEHOLDINGNESS † the condition of being beholden to anyone; obligation, indebtedness; later, dependence ...1580 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BLIGE obligation ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BOUND an obligation, duty ...1941 Amer. dial.
• DEBENTURE † acknowledgement of indebtedness; obligation; debt ...1609
• MAINTO obligation, debt ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MENTO obligation, debt ...Bk1905 Sc.
• OBBS obligations ...1910s sl.
• OBLIGENCE †* obligation ...1610
• OBLI-GODDAMN-ATION an emphatic form of 'obligation'
• OBS obligations ...1910s sl.
• OBSTRICTION the state of being morally or legally bound; obligation ...1671
• RIGHT a responsibility, obligation ...1933 Amer. dial.
• TETHER a tie, an obligation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIE obligation, moral compulsion; necessity; constraint, burden, care ...1724-32 Eng. dial.
obligation - verbs
• DEBT-BIND † to bind by obligation, to render indebted ...a1608 nonce word
• JEOFAIL † to fail of meet an obligation ...1599
• OBSTRINGE †* to put under obligation; to bind ...1528
• TED to have leave or permission to do a thing; to be bound or under obligation ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TET to have leave or permission to do a thing; to be bound or under obligation ...1746 Eng. dial.
OBLIGATORY - adjectives
• BOUNDANT † obligatory ...1649
• DEBT-BOUND † of things: obligatory, due, bounden ...1588
• NECESSITOUS †* enforced, obligatory ...1631
• OBLIGANCY * obligatory quality or character ...1826
• OBLIGANT † that obliges or binds, obligatory ...1624
• OBLIGATIVE imposing obligation; obligatory ...1596
• OBLIGATORIOUS †* obligatory; binding ...1602
OBLIGE - verbs
• OBLIGATE to oblige ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIE to constrain, to oblige, to compel; to bind by moral compulsion ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
OBLIGED - adjectives
• ABLEEGED obliged ...1879 Sc.
• AVELONG oblique, slanting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEHADDEN under personal obligation; indebted; obliged ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BEHOLDING under obligation, obliged, indebted, beholden; later, dependent ...1483 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BEHOVEN under obligation, beholden ...1880
• BLIGEE obliged ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• BLIGEY obliged ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• BOUNDANT † obliged ...1654
• BOUNDEN under obligation, legal or moral; obliged, compelled, enforced ...a1400 arch.
• DEBT-BOUND † under obligation, bound by duty, obliged ...1513
• DEBT-BOUNDEN † under obligation, bound by duty, obliged ...1553
• LAID compelled, obliged ...1790 Sc.
• OBOLYGATED obliged, indebted ...1866 Eng. dial.
• OBSTRICT †* morally bound; bounden; obliged, obligated ...1527
obliged - verbs
• BEHOOVE to be obliged ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEHOVE to be obliged ...1815 Sc.
OBLIGING - adjectives
• BAINSOME obliging, helpful ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BUXOM † gracious, indulgent, favourable; obliging, amiable, courteous, affable, kindly ...1362
• FAIR-FASHIONED having great complaisance of manner; having great appearance of discretion without the reality ...1816 Sc.
• FAVOROUS † full of favour, obliging, kind ...c1485
• FAVOURABLE † of a superior: gracious; kindly, obliging ...1502 obs. exc. arch.
• GAIN tractable, docile, easy to manage; good-tempered, willing, obliging ...1809 Eng. dial.
• OBLIGEANT † obliging ...1654
• OFFICIOUS † doing or ready to do kind offices; eager to serve or please; attentive, obliging, kind ...1565
obliging - nouns
• OFFICIOSITY †* the quality of being officious; attentiveness, dutifulness ...1565
obliging - person
• ANGEL a person who is a source of comfort or aid; a kind, helpful, thoughtful, or obliging person ...1598
OBLIQUE - adjectives
• BIAS † slanting, oblique ...1551
• BOSS-EYED oblique, crooked, one-sided ...1898 Eng. dial.
• LEER, LERE † looking askance; oblique, indirect; sly, underhand ...1629
• OBLIQUANGULOUS †* oblique-angled ...1680
• OBLIQUOUS †* oblique ...1614
• OUT OF SKEW askew, oblique, out of plumb ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SIDE-WIND indirect, oblique ...1680
• SIDE-WINDED indirect, oblique ...1710
• SKEWED set obliquely or aslant; askew ...1611
• SLANTENDICULAR, SLANTINDICULAR, SLANTINGDICULAR oblique, awry ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SQUIOGLING askew, crooked, oblique ...1896 Amer. dial.
oblique - nouns (includes OBLIQUITY)
• BIASNESS †* obliquity ...1611
• OBLIQUATION * the act of becoming oblique; a turning to one side ...a1425
oblique - verbs
• BAGGE †* to look askew or obliquely; to leer, to ogle, to glance aside ...1369
• SCLENT to move, dart, or fall obliquely; to lie aslant; to give a side look, etc. ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKLENT to move, dart, or fall obliquely; to lie aslant; to give a side look, etc. ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
OBLIQUELY - adverbs
• ACROSS † not straight or directly; obliquely; athwart, awry, amiss ...1559
• AGLEY obliquely, aslant, turned to one side ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ASCANT oblique ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASKLENT aslant, on one side, obliquely ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ASLASH awry; obliquely ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASLEW aslant, obliquely, awry, askew, diagonally ...1873 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• ASQUIN awry, crooked, obliquely ...1896 Eng. dial.
• ASWINT awry, crooked, obliquely ...1896 Eng. dial.
• CATAWAMPUS diagonally, obliquely ...1908 Amer. dial.
• CATERWAMPUST diagonally, obliquely ...1906 Amer. dial.
• CATTIWAMPUS diagonally, obliquely ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CATTYWAMPUS diagonally, obliquely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CATTYWHAMPER diagonally, obliquely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CATTYWHAMPERED TO diagonally, obliquely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CATTYWHAMPUS diagonally, obliquely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CATTYWHOMPY diagonally, obliquely ...c1970 Amer. dial.
• CATTYWOBBLE. diagonally, obliquely ...c1970 Amer. dial.
• RICK-RACK diagonally, obliquely ...1986 Amer. dial.
• SCANTWAYS obliquely ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKAUNT looking sideways; obliquely ...1791
• SKEW * obliquely, askew ...1706
• SKEWLY * obliquely, askew ...1896
• SKY-BOTTLIN obliquely, askew ...1995 Amer. dial.
• SKY-GODLIN obliquely, askew ...1869 Amer. dial.
• SKY-GOG obliquely, askew ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SKY-GOGGLIN obliquely, askew ...1953 Amer. dial.
• SKY-WADDLIN obliquely, askew ...1953 Amer. dial.
• THWART crosswise, obliquely ...1900 Sc.
obliquely - verbs
• CATER to move diagonally or obliquely ...1902 Amer. dial.
• CATTER to move diagonally or obliquely ...1902 Amer. dial.
OBLITERATE - verbs
• BLUITER to obliterate ...Bk1911 Sc.
• OBFLISTICATE to vanquish, obliterate ...1832 Amer. sl.
• OBLIVIATE to obliterate; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
OBLIVION - adjectives
• LETHEAN pert. to or causing oblivion or forgetfulness of the past ...c1645
• LETHY †* causing oblivion or forgetfulness of the past ...1613
• OBLIVIAL †* causing oblivion ...1721
oblivion - nouns
• OBLIVIANCE †* oblivion ...1503
• OBLIVIANCY †* oblivion ...1820
• OBLIVIUM † oblivion; forgetfulness ...1699
• OBLIVY † oblivion ...c1475
• OUBLIANCE † forgetting, forgetfulness, oblivion ...c1477
oblivion - verbs
• OBLIVIATE †* to forget, to commit to oblivion ...1661
• OBLIVIONIZE to consign to oblivion ...1593
OBLIVIOUS - adjectives
• ZONED dazed and senseless; oblivious ...Bk1995 US sl.
OBLONG - adjectives
• AVELONG elliptical, oval; oblong ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• EAVELONG elliptical, oval, oblong; oblique, sidelong ...1864 Eng. dial.
• OBLONGITUDINAL * having an oblong form ...1892
• ROUND-LONG † oblong ...1668
oblong - adverbs
• AVELINGS † in an oblong or oval shape ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
oblong - nouns
• OBLONGITUDE * oblong form ...1739
OBLOQUY - adjectives
• OBLOQUIAL * pert. to obloquy ...1790
• OBLOQUIOUS * characterized by obloquy or evil-speaking; bringing reproach or disgrace ...1611
obloquy - nouns
• MEDISANCE † evil speaking; reproach; obloquy; detraction ...1656
• OBLOCUTION † evil-speaking; obloquy, slander ...1432-50
• SCANCE blame, reproach, obloquy ...1866 Sc.
OBNOXIOUS - adjectives
• BIRDTURD stupid; obnoxious; lousy; worthless ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CHOPPED physically unattractive or obnoxious ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CRUNK crazy, obnoxious ...1990s US college & teen sl.
• DIPSHIT pert. to someone or something obnoxious, stupid, or offensive ...Bk2006 US sl.
• EVIL of persons: ill-tempered, cross, disagreeable, unpleasant, contentious, obnoxious, hostile, neurotic, angry, obstinate ...OE
• OB obnoxious ...1960s sl.
• OBNO obnoxious ...1979 Amer. college sl.
• OFF THE WALL adj. odd, eccentric; crazy; obnoxious, offensive, pointless ...1937 US sl.
• SCHMOCK an obnoxious person ...Brit. sl.
• SHMOCK an obnoxious person ...Brit. sl.
• TARRED WITH THE SAME BRUSH stained with the same or similar faults or obnoxious qualities, corrupt ...1823
• TARRED WITH THE SAME STICK stained with the same or similar faults or obnoxious qualities, corrupt ...1818
• TOUCHED WITH THE SAME TAR-BRUSH stained with the same or similar faults or obnoxious qualities, corrupt ...1895
obnoxious - nouns
• PUKE any object or situation that is so inferior, obnoxious, ugly, or disliked that it makes one vomit ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
obnoxious - person
• ANKLE an extremely obnoxious person ...1990s sl.
• ARMPIT an obnoxious, unfriendly person ...1968 US sl.
• ASHCAN an obnoxious person ...1929 Amer. sl.
• BAG 1. a woman who is unattractive, obnoxious, or otherwise unpleasant ...1922 Amer. sl.
2. an obnoxious person, male or female ...1944 Amer. students' usage
• BAM a foolish, annoying, or obnoxious person; a belligerent or disruptive person; often used as a contemptuous form of address ...1959 Sc. colloq.
• BAMPOT a foolish, annoying, or obnoxious person; a belligerent or disruptive person; an eccentric person; often used as a contemptuous form of address ...1962 Sc. colloq.
• BAMSTICK a foolish, annoying, or obnoxious person; a belligerent or disruptive person; often used as a contemptuous form of address ...1965 Sc. colloq.
• BAWBAG an ignorant, obnoxious, or otherwise detestable person, esp. a man; often used as a disparaging form of address ...1999 Sc.
• BEAN a term of disparagement for a foolish, unpleasant or obnoxious person ...1915 US sl.
• BIG CHEESE a foolish, obnoxious, or inept person; anyone who has pretensions to being smart ...1918 US sl.
• BIRD TURD an insignificant, worthless person. an obnoxious person ...1959 US sl.
• BOHUNKUS a stupid, obnoxious, or worthless person; often used as a term of abuse or a contemptuous form of address ...1933
• BORE an unwelcome visitor, who makes himself obnoxious by his disagreeable manners ...1848 Amer. dial.
• BUTTHEAD (derogatory) a stupid or obnoxious person of either sex ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BUTTHOLE a foolish or despicable person; an obnoxious person ...1962 Amer. sl.
• CHIT an obnoxious person; a worthless person ...17C colloq.
• DIRK a foolish, peculiar, or obnoxious person; an absent-minded or inattentive person; a jerk ...1964 US sl.
• DIRTBALL a filthy, contemptible, or obnoxious person ...1974 US sl.
• DUDE a foolish or obnoxious fellow ...1967 US sl.
• EGG a foolish, ineffectual, or obnoxious person ...1918 US sl.
• EGG-FOR-FUCK a fool, a simpleton, an obnoxious person ...1990s US college sl.
• EGGNOG a foolish or obnoxious person ...c1921 US sl.
• EL SLEAZO a disgusting, obnoxious person ...1970s US sl.
• FARTHOLE a contemptible person ; an obnoxious or foolish person ...1970 Amer. sl.
• GRUB an offensive, obnoxious, or unattractive person ...1966 Amer. sl.
• FUNKY-BUTT an obnoxious person ...1964 US jazz usage
• GAUNCH a gross or obnoxious person ...1954 US college sl.
• GEEP an obnoxious, inept, or suspicious-looking person; an offensive or unpleasant person ...1940 US sl.
• GEEPO an obnoxious, inept, or suspicious-looking person ...1950 US sl.
• GERBIL a stupid, insignificant, or unpleasant person; a foolish or obnoxious person ...1986 US sl.
• GIMP (derogatory) a stupid, foolish, unpleasant, obnoxious, or contemptible person; a simpleton; an incompetent or weak person ...1924 sl., orig. US
• GIMPY (derogatory) a stupid, foolish, unpleasant, obnoxious, or contemptible person ...1959 US sl.
• GLEEF an odd, obnoxious, or worthless person ...1963 US sl.
• GLEEP an odd, obnoxious, or foolish person; a stupid person; an oaf; a disliked person ...1947 US college sl.
• GRUB an offensive, obnoxious, or unattractive person ...1966 Amer. sl.
• GRUNGE a slovenly or offensive person; an obnoxious person; someone who is sloppy in dress ...1965 Amer. student sl.
• GWEEB a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student ...1984 Amer. campus sl.
• GWEEBO a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student ...1986 Amer. campus sl.
• HAIRBALL an obnoxious, boorish person, esp. when drunk ...1981 US sl.
• HATEFUL an obnoxious or vexatious person or animal ...1913 Amer. dial.
• MAROON an obnoxious or foolish person; a stupid person ...1941 Amer. sl.
• MELVIN a person who is old-fashioned or unappealing; a dull, uninformed, or obnoxious person; a profoundly objectionable person ...1954 Amer. sl.
• MIDLAND BANKER an obnoxious person ...Bk2004 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'wanker'
• MOA-FUGG a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person ...1962 US sl.
• MO DICKER a 'motherfucker; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person; a lazy, irresponsible person ...1968-70 Amer. sl.
• MOFO a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person ...1965 Amer. sl.
• MOFUCK a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person ...1962 Amer. sl.
• MO-FUCKER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person ...1987 Amer. sl.
• MOLLY-DODGER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, contemptible, despicable, or unpleasant person ...1964 US Black sl.
• MOLLYWOPPER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, contemptible, despicable, or unpleasant person ...1973 US sl.
• MOMMA a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person ...1975 US sl.
• MOMMA-HOPPER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1975 US euphemism
• MOTHAFUCKA a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1918 sl., orig. US Black
• MOTHBALL * an insignificant or foolish person; an obnoxious or aggravating person; a teenage jerk; an irritating person; an over-diligent student ...1944 US sl.
• MOTHER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person ...1955 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• MOTHER-BUGGER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1970 US euphemism
• MOTHER CRUSHER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1959 US euphemism
• MOTHEREE * a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person ...1938 US sl.
• MOTHEREFF a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1961 US euphemism
• MOTHEREN a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1948 US euphemism
• MOTHERFATHER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1992 US sl.
• MOTHERFERYER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person ...1946 US euphemism
• MOTHER-FLICKER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1998 US euphemism
• MOTHER-FLUNKER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...2002 US euphemism
• MOTHER-FOR-YOU a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1918 sl., orig. US Black
• MOTHER-FOULER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1949 US euphemism
• MOTHER-FRIGGER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1939 US euphemism
• MOTHERFUCK an obnoxious, despicable, or contemptible person; a very unpleasant person; often a term of abuse ...1964 US sl.
• MOTHERFUCKA a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1918 sl., orig. US Black
• MOTHERFUCKER an obnoxious, despicable, or contemptible person; a very unpleasant person; often a term of abuse ...1918 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• MOTHERFUG a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1918 sl., orig. US Black
• MOTHERFUGGER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1918 sl., orig. US Black
• MOTHER-FUYER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1935 US euphemism
• MOTHER-GRABBER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1963 US euphemism
• MOTHERHEAD a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1970 US euphemism
• MOTHER-HOPPER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1975 US euphemism
• MOTHER-HUBBA a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1959 US euphemism
• MOTHER-HUBBER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1959 US euphemism
• MOTHER HUBBARD a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1994 US euphemism
• MOTHER-HUGGER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1956 US euphemism
• MOTHER-HUMP a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1976 US euphemism
• MOTHER-HUMPER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1963 US euphemism
• MOTHER-HUNCHER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1962 euphemism
• MOTHER-JIVER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1959 US euphemism
• MOTHER-JUMP a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1975 US euphemism
• MOTHER-JUMPER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1949 US euphemism
• MOTHER-LOVER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1951 US euphemism
• MOTHEROO a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1999 euphemism
• MOTHER-PLUGGER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1959 US euphemism
• MOTHER-RAPER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1959 US euphemism
• MOTHER-RUBBER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1973 US euphemism
• MOTHERSCRATCHER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible or very unpleasant person ...2001 US sl.
• MOTHERSELLER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible or very unpleasant person ...1953 US sl.
• MOTHER-SUCKER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1952 US euphemism
• MOTOR SCOOTER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1960 US euphemism
• MOTORCYCLE a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1938 US sl.
• NARD an obnoxious person ...1960s US sl.
• OBNO an obnoxious, loud, crude person ...1979 Amer. college sl.
• OBNOC a crude, obnoxious person ...1970s US campus sl.
• OBNOXO a crude, obnoxious person ...1970s US campus sl.
• OLD BAG (disparaging) an unattractive, obnoxious, or unpleasant old woman; an old hag, any old woman ...1922 sl., orig. US
• ONBEAST † an obnoxious person ...1808 Sc.
• PAIN IN THE ARSE, PAIN IN THE ASS an annoying or obnoxious person ...1934 sl.
• PAIN IN THE ASSHOLE an annoying or obnoxious person ...1998 sl.
• PAIN IN THE BALLS an annoying or obnoxious person ...1973 US sl.
• PAIN IN THE BLEEP an annoying or obnoxious person ...1972 sl.
• PAIN IN THE BUM an annoying or obnoxious person ...1982 sl.
• PAIN IN THE CLINKERS an annoying or obnoxious person ...1993 Irish sl.
• PAIN IN THE DERRIERE an obnoxious person ...20C US colloq.
• PAIN IN THE FANNY an annoying or obnoxious person ...1934 sl.
• PAIN IN THE HOLE an annoying or obnoxious person ...1991 sl.
• PAIN IN THE NECK an annoying, obnoxious person ...1941 sl.
• PAIN IN THE REAR a very annoying person or obnoxious person ...Bk1981 Amer. sl.
• PAIN IN THE WHOOSIS an annoying or obnoxious person ...1934 sl.
• PILL an unpleasant or despicable person; an obnoxious person; an annoying or boring person ...1871 sl.
• POT an obnoxious person; a disliked, self-righteous, self-important person of either sex, but esp. a woman of middle age or over ...1937 Amer. sl.
• PUKE an obnoxious person; a real pest ...E19 Brit. & US sl.
• SHIT an unpleasant or despicable person; a contemptible, obnoxious, or worthless person ...1508
• SHITE an unpleasant or despicable person; a contemptible, obnoxious, or worthless person ...1508
• SHITEPOKE a contemptible, obnoxious, or worthless person ...E20 sl.
• SHIT-FACE an unpleasant or despicable person, an obnoxious person, usually male; a term of abusive address ...1937 sl.
• SHITHEAD an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; a term of abuse for an obnoxious person ...1961 sl.
• SLEAZO a disgusting, obnoxious person ...1970s US sl.
• SLEAZOID a disgusting, obnoxious person ...1970s US sl.
• SNOT a term of contempt for a person; an obnoxious or despicable person, esp. a self-important nonentity ...E17 sl.
• SPUNK STAIN an obnoxious person ...Bk2004 UK sl.
• SUCK an obnoxious person ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• VARMENT a mischievous or obnoxious lad ...1773
• WANK STAIN a tedious, obnoxious person ...Bk2004 UK sl.
• WISEASS an obnoxious person with delusions of cleverness ...1971 US sl.
• WISEPUSS an obnoxious person with delusions of cleverness ...1971 US sl.
• YEGG an obnoxious male ...Bk1995 Amer. sl.
• YOYO an unpredictable or inconsistent person whose moods and actions go up and down; hence, a fool; an idiot, a dolt; a stupid person; an obnoxious person; an incompetent, or undesirable person; a jerk ...1959 US sl.
• CLOD-SKULLED stupid; oafish ...18C Brit. colloq.
• CLUCKY stupid; oafish ...20C US colloq.
• HAGARIAN oafish, uncouth, rough ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• HALF-ROCKED half-witted, silly, foolish, oafish ...1869 Eng. dial.
• UNFARRANT unrefined, unsophisticated, rude, oafish, unmannerly ...1818 Sc.
oaf, oafish - person
• AARDVARK a slow-witted person having a coarse or foolish appearance; an oaf; a fool ...1968 Amer. sl.
• ACE a foolish or ineffectual person; a clumsy person; an oaf, a jerk: used sarcastically ...1969 US campus sl.
• ANIMAL a fool; an oaf; a stupid person ...L16
• APSAY a gullible person; a dupe; an oaf, a dullard ...Bk1942 Amer. Pig Latin for 'sap'
• ARSEWORM, ARSWORM a little diminutive man; a small or insignificant fellow; an oaf ...1690 sl.
• ASS a fool; a stupid or foolish person; an oaf ...20C sl.
• BABOON (derogatory) a foolish, stupid, or contemptible person; a person considered to resemble a baboon in appearance; an ugly or uncouth person; an oaf, a jerk; often as a term of abuse ...1592
• BACON † a country bumpkin; a rustic oaf ...1598
• BALONEY an oafish, stupid, or clumsy person; an idiot; a worthless person ...1920 US sl.
• BARRELHEAD an oaf, a stupid person ...1928 US sl.
• BEANBRAIN a fool; a simpleton; a stupid oaf ...1953 US sl.
• BEANHEAD a dull, stupid person; a fool; an oaf ...1917 Amer. sl.
• BIG BABOON an oaf; a jerk ...20C sl.
• BLOB a fool; an oaf ...20C sl.
• BOWBERT † a sluggish fellow, a dull lout, an oaf ...1513 Sc.
• BOZO a clumsy, clownish, or foolish fellow; an oaf; a rude or annoying person ...1916 Amer. sl.
• BUNK an oafish, dull, if muscular person ...1910s US sl.
• BUTT-HOOK an oafish or worthless person ...1981 Amer. sl.
• CABBAGEHEAD a stupid person; an oaf, simpleton, dolt or fool ...1682 sl.
• CHOAD, CHODE a jerk or oafish male ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CHOWDAR-HEAD an oaf ...E19 Brit. & Amer. dial.
• CHOWDER-HEAD an oaf ...1682 Brit. & Amer. dial.
• CHUFF a churl, an oaf, a bumpkin ...19C Eng. dial.
• CLAM an oaf, a blockhead; someone with a totally closed mind ...L19 US sl.
• CLINCHPOOP † a term of contempt for one considered wanting in gentlemanly breeding; a vulgar, ill-bred fellow; an oaf; a dunce; a lout, a clown ...1568
• CLOD an oaf or simpleton ...L16 colloq.
• CLOD-HEAD an oaf; a dolt ...17C Brit. & US sl.
• CLOD-HOPPER a bumpkin; a rustic ploughman; an oaf who walks among clods of dirt ...L17 rural colloq.
• CLODPATE a stupid fellow, a blockhead, a dolt, an oaf ...1636
• CLOD-POLE an oaf; a dolt ...17C Brit. & US
• CLOD-POLL an oaf; a dolt ...17C Brit. & US
• CLOMPS an oaf ...19C Eng. dial.
• CLOT a fool; an oaf ...19C colloq.
• CLOT-HEAD a fool; an oaf ...19C colloq.
• CLOWN 1. a bumpkin or rustic oaf ...16C
2. any oaf or jerk ...20C US
• CLUCK a stupid oaf; a fool ...20C US colloq.
• CLUCKHEAD a stupid oaf ...20C US colloq.
• CLYDE an oaf; a square; usually male ...Bk2006 US sl.
• COUNTRY JAKE an oaf; a bumpkin ...20C US sl.
• CRACKBRAIN a fool; a stupid oaf ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CRACKERJACK a fool, an oaf ...1970s US campus sl.
• DAFF † one deficient in proper spirit; a simpleton, blockhead, oaf, or fool; a half-witted person ...c1325 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• DICK-HEAD a jerk or an oaf; a despised man ...M20 US sl.
• DILDO(E) an oaf or jerk ...17C sl.
• DILL a simpleton; an oaf ...1941 Aust. & US sl.
• DILLPOT an oaf; a fool ...1941 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'twat'
• DIM BULB a dolt; an oaf ...E20 Can sl.
• DING-A-LING a fool; an oaf; an odd, giddy person who hears bells ...1935 US sl.
• DINGDONG a dull, stupid person; a fool; an oaf; a silly or light-headed person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DINGLEBERRY an oaf; a person stupid enough to ingest dingleberries while performing anilingus ...20C US sl.
• DINK a clueless, unaware person; a dull oaf ...1962 US sl.
• DIP a stupid, sloppy oaf; a foolish person ...1932 sl.
• DIPSHIT a person of no consequence and no intelligence; a stupid jerk, an oaf ...1962 US sl.
• DIPSTICK an inept fool; an idiot; a jerk; a stupid or contemptible person; an oaf ...1963 US sl.
• DOLLYPOT an oaf; a fool ...1920s Aust. rhyming sl. for 'twat'
• DOODLE a silly oaf ...E17 sl.
• DOOF a fool, a simpleton, an oaf ...1970s US sl.
• DOOFUS an oaf, a fool ...M20 US sl.
• DOPE a jerk; an oaf ...19C sl.
• DROOB, DRUBE a dullard; an oaf ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DUFFER an incompetent person; a person of no ability; a foolish oaf; a bungler ...c1730 UK sl.
• DUFFUS a fool, a dolt, an oaf ...1978 US sl.
• DUMBBELL an oaf; a stupid or unthinking person ...1918 US colloq.
• DUMB BUNNY a stupid person; an oaf ...M20 US sl.
• DUMB CLUCK a stupid oaf; a person as stupid as a chicken; a fool ...1948 Aust. & US colloq.
• DUMB-DUMB a stupid oaf; a dull, heavy lummox ...M20 US sl.
• DUMBELL an oaf; a stupid or unthinking person ...E20 US colloq.
• DUMBO a dolt, a fool; a large and stupid oaf ...1932 US sl.
• DUMB OX an oaf; a heavy dullard ...20C US colloq.
• DUMBSHIT a stupid oaf; an imbecile ...1961 US sl.
• DUMBSOCKS an oaf ...20C US sl.
• DUM-DUM a stupid oaf; a dull, heavy lummox ...M20 US sl.
• DUMMY a stupid oaf ...L16
• ELEPHANT AND CASTLE an oaf, a stupid person ...19C Brit. rhyming sl. for 'ass-hole'
• FART HOLE an oaf; a real jerk ...1970 US sl.
• FAT-HEAD one having a fat head; a stupid dolt; a senseless fellow; an oaf; one whose brain is composed of fat and is therefore useless ...1842
• FEEB an oaf; a stupid person ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FINK any undesirable oaf or jerk ...E20 US sl.
• FISH a fool, an oaf ...20C US sl.
• FLAT TIRE a fool, an oaf; a worthless man ...E20 US sl.
• FLIBBERTIGIBBET a chattering or gossiping person; a flighty, restless, or frivolous woman; a scatterbrain; an oaf ...1549
• FLITTERTIGIBBET a scatterbrain; an oaf; a gossiper ...M16
• FRIBBLE a trifling, frivolous fellow; one not occupied in serious employment, a trifler; a silly oaf ...1664
• FRIP an oaf ...M20 US sl.
• FRUITCAKE a jerk; an oaf ...M20 US sl.
• FUCK-HEAD an oaf, a jerk ...M20 US sl.
• GALLOOT 1. an awkward soldier; a young marine ...1812 sl.
2. a man, esp. if hulking, stupid, boorish, foolish, clumsy, or otherwise objectionable; an awkward or uncouth person ...1818 UK
• GAUBY a simpleton, a fool, a dolt, a lout, an oaf ...Bk1869 Eng. dial.
• GAUKY an awkward, stupid, badly-mannered person; an oaf; an awkward fool; a simpleton who stares vacantly ..Bk1828 Eng. dial.
• GAUVISON an oafish, weak, silly fellow ...1788 Eng. dial.
• GAZOOK an ineffectual or incompetent person; a clumsy oaf ...1901 sl., orig. US
• GLEEP an odd, obnoxious, or foolish person; a stupid person; an oaf; a disliked person ...1947 US college sl.
• GOOF an oaf, a ridiculous jerk; an incompetent fool ...20C US sl. & colloq.
• GOOF-BALL a jerk; an oaf; an incompetent fool ...M20 US sl.
• GOOFER an oaf, a ridiculous jerk; an incompetent fool ...20C US sl. & colloq.
• GOOFUS an oaf, a ridiculous jerk; an incompetent fool ...1910s US sl. & colloq.
• GOOP a clod, an oaf ...20C US sl. & colloq.
• GOOPUS a stupid oaf ...M20 US sl.
• GOOSE a silly oaf ...16C
• GOUP a clod, an oaf ...20C US sl. & colloq.
• GRIZZLEDEMUNDY a term of abuse applied to a person who laughs at any trifling thing; a grinning fool; a stupid oaf ...1818 Eng. dial.
• GUFFIN an awkward, clumsy oaf ...M19 Brit. & Amer. dial.
• GUFFOON an oaf ...19C Brit.
• GULL a simpleton; an oaf ...L16
• GUMP a fool, a dolt, an oaf ...1825 Brit. & US colloq.
• HAIRBRAIN an oaf, a fool ...M16
• HAMMER-HEAD † a head likened to a hammer; a blockhead; an oaf; a dull, stupid fellow ...1532
• HARE-BRAIN † one who has a brain like a hare's, or no more brain than a hare; a giddy, reckless or rash person; an oaf, a fool ...1550
• HEY NONNY-NONNY an oaf; a blockhead; a stupid person ...19C Brit. sl.
• IRONHEAD a stupid oaf, a fool ...20C sl.
• IT-SHAY dung; a curse; an oaf or a fool ...20C US Pig Latin for 'shit'
• J a fool, an oaf ...19C Brit. sl.
• JACKASS a stupid or foolish person; a dolt, an oaf, a blockhead ...1823
• JACK-OFF a jerk or incompetent oaf ...20C US sl.
• JACK-SAUCE † a saucy or impudent fellow; a little oaf ...c1550
• JACOB † a simpleton; a fool; a half-witted fellow; an oaf ...1785 sl.
• JAKE (derogatory) a rustic, uncouth, awkward, or inexperienced person; a lout; an oaf; a bumpkin ...1884 Amer. dial.
• JAR-HEAD a fool, an oaf ...20C US sl.
• JAY an oaf or a rascal; a frivolous person ...L16
• JAZZBO a clumsy, clownish or foolish person; an oaf; a rude or annoying person ...1923 Amer. sl.
• JERK an oaf or incompetent fool ...19C US sl.
• JERK-OFF a worthless, contemptible person; a jerk or oaf; an incompetent do-nothing; a contemptuous term of address ...1968 Brit. & US sl.
• JOE ERK a fool; an oaf; a jerk; a wretched man ...World Wars rhyming sl. for 'jerk' and 'berk'
• JOE HUNT a fool; an oaf; a jerk; a wretched man ...20C Brit. rhyming sl. for 'cunt'
• KELF †* a lubber, a blockhead, a lout, an oaf ...1664
• KLOTZ an oaf; a clod or a bungler ...M20 US sl.
• KLUCK a stupid oaf; a fool ...20C US colloq.
• KLUTZ an oaf; a clod or a bungler; an idiot; an awkward, stupid person ...M20 US sl.
• LAMB a simpleton, an oaf; one who is cheated; esp. one who speculates and loses his money ...1668
• LARDHEAD an oaf; a stupid person ...20C colloq.
• LEATHER-HEAD a fool, a blockhead, a dolt, an oaf, a stupid person; a person slow of comprehension ...a1700
• LERICOMPOOP a buffoon; an oaf ...16C Brit. colloq.
• LIGHTS a fool; a soft-head; an oaf ...1682 Brit. colloq.
• LOB a clumsy fellow; an unwieldy, lumpish oaf ...E16
• LOBBUS an oaf, a stupid person ...20C sl.
• LOGI-LOGI a stupid, oafish person ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• LOGO-LOGO a stupid, oafish person ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• LOPPUS an oaf, a stupid person ...20C sl.
• LORG a stupid person; an oaf ...E20 US sl.
• LUBBER a hulking oaf; a fool ...14C Brit.
• LUBBER-HEAD a hulking oaf ...14C Brit.
• LUBBY a hulking oaf ...14C Brit.
• LUG-LOAF an oaf; a blockhead ...E17 Brit. sl.
• LUNK an oaf; an ungainly person ...1950s US sl.
• MAGUFFIN a foolish, blundering person, an oaf ...1832 Sc.
• MEATHEAD an oaf; a stupid person ...M20 US colloq.
• MELL-HEAD a blockhead; an oaf ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MENTAL HERNIA a fool; an idiot; an oaf; a stupid person ...1970 Amer. sl.
• MESS an objectionable or foolish person; unruly or incorrigible person; an oaf; a hopelessly stupid person; a mentally confused person ...1936 sl.
• MOON-HEAD a silly, awkward fellow; an oaf; a fool ...1919 Amer. dial.
• MOP † a fool, a simpleton, an oaf ...c1330
• MOPE a fool, a stupid person, a simpleton; a dolt, an oaf; a dullard; a slow-witted or inept person ...c1390
• MUD a fool; an oaf; a stupid person ...18C Brit. colloq.
• MUDDLE-HEAD a fool; a simpleton; a stupid person; an oaf ...M19
• MUD-HEAD. an oaf; a fool; a stupid person ...E19 colloq.
• MUFF an oaf, a fool, a stupid person ...1682 cant
• MUTT an oaf; a dullard; a stupid person ...20C US sl.
• NARK an annoying, unpleasant or despicable person; an oaf, a jerk ...1846 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
• NEEGER a savage, barbarous fellow; an oaf, a lout ...1792 Sc.
• NERD a person lacking in social skills, fashion sense, or both; someone studious but socially inept; an ineffectual or incompetent person; an oaf, a jerk ......1951 chiefly US colloq.
• NICKUMPOOP a fool; an oaf; a jerk ...L17 sl.
• NINCOMPOOP, NINKOMPOOP a fool; an oaf; a jerk ...L17 sl.
• NING-NONG a fool, an idiot, an oaf ...E20 Aust. sl.
• NINNY a fool; an oaf; a simpleton ...L16
• NIT a nitwit; an oaf; a fool ...20C colloq.
• NITWIT an oaf; a fool ...20C US colloq.
• NIZY a fool; an oaf; a dunce ...L17 Brit. sl.
• NIZZIE a fool; an oaf ...L17 Brit. sl.
• NOCKY BOY a dull oaf; a fool ...17C colloq.
• NOCKY †* a silly, dull fellow; a foolish person; a simpleton, a dullard; an oaf ...a1700 obs. rare exc. Eng. dial.
• NODCOCK a simpleton; a fool; an oaf ...M16
• NODDIPOL an oaf; a fool ...16C colloq.
• NODDY an oaf; a fool; a simpleton ...16C colloq.
• NODDY-HEAD an oaf; a fool; a simpleton ...16C colloq.
• NODDY-PATE a simpleton, an idiot, a fool, an oaf ...1660
• NODDY-PEAK(E) an oaf; a fool; a simpleton ...16C colloq.
• NODDY-POLE an oaf; a fool; a simpleton ...16C colloq.
• NODDY-POLL an oaf; a fool; a simpleton ...16C colloq.
• NODGECOCK a simpleton; a fool; an oaf ...M16
• NONG an oaf; a dolt; a stupid person; a fool; an idiot ...M20 Aust. sl.
• NONG-NONG an oaf; a dolt; a stupid person ...M20 Aust. sl.
• NONNY-NONNY an oaf; a blockhead; a stupid person ...19C Brit. sl.
• NUMBHEAD a stupid oaf ...20C US colloq.
• NUMP a dolt; an oaf; a silly or stupid person; a fool; a blockhead ...17C Brit.
• NURD a person lacking in social skills, fashion sense, or both; an ineffectual or incompetent person; someone studious but socially inept; an oaf, a jerk ...1951 sl., chiefly US
• OAFO an oaf; a socially inferior fool; a lout ...1959 UK sl.
• OAPH † an oaf ...1625
• OOFUS a stupid oaf ...M20 US sl.
• PALOOKA, PALUKA an oaf; an unskilled prizefighter ...20C US sl.
• PECKERHEAD a disparaging term for a person; a thick-headed or stupid person; a jerk, an oaf; a despised man ...1955 Amer. dial.
• PISS-HEAD an oaf; a fool; a jerk ...20C US sl.
• POTATOHEAD a fool, a simpleton, a stupid person, a dunce, an oaf ...1952 Amer. sl.
• PUDDENHEAD, PUDDINGHEAD an oaf ...19C Brit. & US colloq.
• PUMBLECHOOK a stupid person; a fool; an oaf; a 'human ass' ...L19 Brit. & US sl.
• PUMPKINHEAD a stupid person, an oaf ...E19 Brit. & US sl. & colloq.
• PUNKIN-HEAD a stupid person; an oaf or dolt ...19C Amer. dial.
• RALPH a fool; an oaf ...18C colloq.
• RATTLEHEAD an oaf; a scatterbrain whose brain has dried and is rattling about in his head ...M17 Brit.
• SAMMY SOFT a fool; an oaf ...c1840 sl.
• SAP a jerk; an oaf ...1817
• SAUSAGE any dull, stupid person; an oaf; one who is as alert as a real sausage ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• SCHLEP(P), SHLEPP an idler, a worthless or ineffectual person; an oaf, a slob, a jerk, a stupid or awkward person ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SCHLEPPER, SHLEPPER an idler, a worthless or ineffectual person; an oaf, a slob, a jerk, a stupid or awkward person; an insignificant person; a second-rater ...1934 sl. orig. US
• SCHLUB, SHLUB a worthless person; an oaf ...M20 US sl.
• SCHMEKEL an oaf; a stupid person ...M20 sl.
• SCHMENDRICH, SHMENDRICK a stupid person; an oaf; an immature male; a nonvirile male; used derisively by women ...20C US sl.
• SCHMOCK a stupid person; a fool; oaf; ...20C US sl.
• SHITKICKER an unsophisticated or oafish person, esp. one from a rural area ...sl.
• SHUTTLE-BRAIN an oaf; a dullard ...16C colloq.
• SHUTTLE-HEAD an oaf; a dullard ...16C colloq.
• SHUTTLE-WIT an oaf; a dullard ...16C colloq.
• SIMP a fool, a simpleton, an oaf, a stupid or dull person; a dim-witted or backward person ...c1910 sl., orig. US
• SPOON an oaf, a simpleton ...L18 sl.
• SPOOPS an oaf; a simpleton ...M19 US sl.
• STUB a fool; an oaf...1632-74 sl.
• STUMBLE-BUM any oaf or dullard ...M20 US sl.
• STUMP. an oaf; a fool; a blockhead...19C Brit. sl.
• STUPEHEAD. an oaf; a blockhead ...20C US colloq.
• TOOT an idle or worthless person; a shiftless, lazy person; a simpleton, a fool; an oaf ...1888 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• UM-BAY a bum; a worthless oaf ...E20 US Pig Latin for 'bum'
• UMPCHAY a fool, a dolt, an oaf, a 'sucker' ...1931 US Pig Latin for 'chump'
• WANG an oaf; a contemptible person ...20C US sl.
• WANK a simpleton; a stupid person; an oaf ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WEENIE an oaf, a jerk ...20C US sl.
• WEINER an oaf; a jerk ...M20 US sl.
• WEIRDO any unpleasant person, usually male; an oaf or jerk ...M20 US sl.
• WEIRDY any unpleasant person, usually male; an oaf or jerk ...M20 US sl.
• WET a fool, an oaf ...20C Aust. sl.
• WET-GOOSE an oaf, a simpleton ...19C Brit. sl.
• WETHER-HEAD an oaf or dolt ...L17 Brit. colloq.
• WET NOODLE a dupe; an oaf ...20C US colloq.
• WET RAG an oaf; a useless jerk ...M20 US sl.
• WET SOCK an oaf; a useless jerk ...M20 US sl.
• WHANG an oaf; a contemptible person ...20C US sl.
• WHICKERBILL a worthless oaf or bumpkin ...20C US sl.
• WISEACRE a smart aleck or an oaf ...L19 colloq.
• WISE-ASS (derogatory) a know-all; a stupid oaf or smart aleck ...1971 US sl.
• WISE GUY (derogatory) a know-all; a stupid oaf or smart aleck ... 1896 sl., orig. US
• WOODCOCK a gullible fool; an oaf ...15C
• WONK a simpleton; an oaf ...20C US sl.
• WOODENHEAD a blockhead, an oaf; a stupid person ...20C US sl.
• WOODEN SPOON a dunce; an oaf ...19C Brit. & US sl.
• WOOFIT an oaf; an ignorant person; also, a term of endearment to an infant ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• YACK a fool; a stupid fellow; an oaf; an innocent person; a dope ...c1920 US sl.
• YAP a fool; an oaf; a hillbilly or bumpkin ...20C Amer. dial.
• YAUP, YAWP one who has a vacant stupid look; a fool, an oaf, a yokel ...1896 Sc.
• YOCK a stupid fellow; an oaf ...20C US sl.
• YOKEL (usually derogator) a term of contempt for a (stupid or ignorant) countryman or rustic; an uneducated and unsophisticated, gullible person from the countryside; a country bumpkin; a lout; an oaf ...1812
• YUCK, YUK a fool; a stupid fellow; an oaf; an innocent person; a rustic ...1943 sl., orig. US
• ZHLOB an oaf or dolt; a fool, a moron; a boorish, insensitive person; a coarse person, a slob ...1950 US sl.
• ZHLUB an oaf or dolt; a fool, a moron; a boorish, insensitive person; a dull, unpolished person, usually a male ...1950 US sl.
• ZIB a nincompoop; a fool, a sucker; an oaf; a stupid person with unknown political or personal opinions ...1934 US sl., chiefly criminals' usage
OAK - adjectives
• ICKEN oak ...1859 Amer. thieves' sl.
• QUERNAL †* make of oak leaves; oaken ...1599
oak - nouns
• ICKEN-BAUM an oak tree ...1859 sl.
• OAK-APPLE a sprig of oak or maple ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
oak - person
• OAK-WRIGHT a worker in oak ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
OAR - nouns
• PAIR OF WINGS † oars ...1788 UK sl.
• PALM the blade of an oar ...1513
• REM an oar ...Bk1904 Sc.
• REMMACK an oar ...1897 Sc.
• WALL the wake made by an oar in the water ...1971 Sc.
• WING an oar ...L18 sl.
OATCAKE - nouns
• DUMMOCK an oatcake ...19C Eng. dial.
• HANNIES oatcakes ...1812 Sc.
• HARD-BREAD oatcake ...1875 Eng. dial. & Ireland
• HAVER-CAKE oatcake ...1362 N. Eng. dial.
OATH - adjectives
• JURAMENTAL †* pert. to an oath ...1651
• JURANT taking an oath; swearing ...1715
• JURATE †* sworn, bound by oath ...1433-4
• JURATIVE pert. to an oath ...1935
• JURATORY pert. to an oath; expressed or contained in an oath ...1553
• JURING * taking the oath ...1710
oath - adverbs
• JURAMENTALLY † with an oath ...1693
oath - nouns
• BIBLE-OATH a very solemn oath ...1836 Eng. dial.
• BIT OF SCARLET an oath ...M19 sl.
• JURAMENT † an oath ...1575
• JURATION * the act of swearing; an oath ...1656
• RAPPER † a great oath ...1678 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAPPING utterance of an oath ...1611
oath - person
• ADJURATOR † a person who swears or witnesses an oath ...1729
• JURANT one who takes an oath ...1585
• JURAT † one who has taken an oath; a person who performs some duty on oath; one sworn to give information about the crimes committed in his neighbourhood, and in other ways to assist the administration of justice ...1531
• JURATOR * one who has taken an oath; a person who performs some duty on oath; one sworn to give information about the crimes committed in his neighbourhood, and in other ways to assist the administration of justice ...a1642
• JURIER †* one who has taken an oath; a juror or juryman ...1486
oath - verbs
• CAP to swear an oath ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
OATH - interjections - see EXCLAMATIONS
OATMEAL - nouns
• GLUE oatmeal ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
OATS - person
• OATMONGER † a dealer in oats ...1327
OBDURATE - person
• DAW an obdurate, unreasoning person ...1997 Ireland sl.
OBEDIENCE, OBEDIENT, OBEYING - adjectives
• BIDDABLE ready to do what is bidden; obedient, willing, docile ...1826
• BIDDENABLE obedient, docile ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRIDLEWISE of a person: obedient ...1898 Amer. dial.
• BUXOM † obedient; pliant; compliant, tractable ...c1175
• EYE-SERVING * hard-working or obedient only when under observation ...1615
• HEARSUM † ready to hear; obedient, compliant; dutiful, devout ...c900
• HERSUM † ready to hear; obedient, compliant; dutiful, devout ...c900
• MINDFUL obedient ...1952 Amer. dial.
• MORIGERATE complying, obedient ...a1533 rare
• MORIGEROUS obedient, dutiful, compliant, submissive ...c1600
• OBEDIBLE †* capable of obedience; obedient, docile, compliant, submissive, yielding ...1622
• OBEDIENCIARY † practising or professing obedience; owning allegiance ...1700
• OBEISAND † obedient ...c1500
• OBEISANT † obedient ...1297
• OBEYABLE * that can or should be obeyed ...1676
• OBEYAND † obeying, obedient ...c1400 N. Eng. dial.
• OBEYANT obedient ...c1400
• OBEYSAND † obedient, obeying ...1375
• OBSEQUENT † compliant, yielding, obedient, submissive ...1520
• OBSEQUIOUS * compliant with the will or wishes of another, esp. of a superior; prompt to serve, please, or follow directions; obedient, dutiful ...a1450
• OBTEMPERATE † obedient, submissive ...1432-50
• SUBJECTLY †* obedient, submissive ...a1603
obedience, obedient, obeying - nouns
• BIDDABILITY the quality of being biddable; obedience ...1947
• BIDDABLENESS obedience, docility, tractability ...1886 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• BUXOMNESS † obedience; submissiveness; lowliness, humility ...c1175
• HERSUMNESSE † obedience ...c900
• OBEYANCE † obedience; homage ...a1400-50
• OBSEQUIOUSNESS † ready compliance or obedience; eagerness to serve or please; dutiful service ...1447 now rare or obs.
• OBTEMPERANCE † obeying ...1623
• OBTEMPERATION † obedience, an obeying ...1611
obedience, obedient, obeying - person
• EYE-SERVANT * a servant or employee who is hard-working or obedient only when observed by his or her master or employer ...a1555
• EYE-SERVER * a servant or employee who is hard-working or obedient only when observed by his or her master or employer ...a1626
• OBEDIENCIARY † one who obeys; one yielding obedience; a person in a position of subjection; one owning allegiance, a subject ...c1540
• OBEDIENT † one who is obedient or subject to authority; a subordinate ...1626
• OBEISANT † one who is obedient; an obedient servant; one under authority; a subordinate ...1475
• OBEYER one who obeys; one who yields obedience ...1551
• OBTEMPERANCE †* obeying ...1589 chiefly Sc. usage
• OBTEMPERATION †* obeying ...1611
obedience, obedient, obeying - verbs (includes OBEY)
• ANT to show attention to, to respect, to obey ...1891 Sc.
• BECK to curtsey; to cringe; to do obeisance ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUXOM †* to yield to, to obey ...c1305
• DANCE TO A PERSON'S WHISTLE to follow his lead; to unquestionably obey ...c1560 sl.
• ENT to regard, to notice; to obey ...Bk1900 Sc.
• HEAR to obey ...c950
• HEARSUM † to obey, to be obedient to; to revere ...c900
• HERSUM † to obey, to be obedient to; to revere ...c900
• LEAD BY THE NOSE to cause to obey submissively ...1583
• LEAD BY THE SLEEVE † to cause to obey submissively ...c1425
• MORIGERATE † to do as commanded; to obey, to comply ...1623
• OBEISH † to obey ...a1400-50
• OBSEQUE †* to comply with, to yield to, to obey ...1720
• OBTEMPER † to comply with, to yield to, to obey ...c1489
• OBTEMPERATE to comply with, yield to, submit to, obey; to be obedient ...1432-50
• WALK THE CHALK to conform rigorously to a prescribed standard; to behave oneself; to obey implicitly ...1845 Amer. dial.
• WALK THE CHALK LINE to conform rigorously to a prescribed standard; to behave oneself; to obey implicitly ...1851 Amer. dial.
• WALK THE CHALK MARK to conform rigorously to a prescribed standard; to behave oneself; to obey implicitly ...1905 Amer. dial.
obedience, obedient, obeying - phrases
• ILL SERVANT WILL NEVER MAKE A GOOD MASTER, AN he that cannot obey, cannot rule ...1887 Eng. dial.
OBEDIENTLY - adverbs
• BIDDABLY obediently, meekly ...1895 Sc.
• BUXOMLY † obediently, humbly, meekly; courteously, willingly ...a1240
OBEISANCE - nouns
• BEISANCE † obeisance; deferential respect ...1556
• BOB a curtsy, obeisance, nod ...Bk1911 Sc.
• SCRAPE a bow, an obeisance ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
obeisance - verbs
• BECK to nod or bow the head; to curtsy, to make obeisance ...1724 Sc.
• SCRAP to bow, to make obeisance ...1883 Eng. dial.
• SCRAPE to bow mowing the foot, to make obeisance ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
OBESE - adjectives (also see CORPULENT, FAT, OVERWEIGHT)
• BEEFY fleshy; unduly stout or fat, obese; stolid ...1853
• BOUKY bulky; obese ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CHUBBYFAT obese ...1940s US Black sl.
• MOBY large, huge; fat, obese ...1965 US college sl.
• PODDY corpulent, obese, stout; round in the belly ...1844 colloq.
• PORKY fat; obese ...M19 sl.
• PUFFY obese; bloated ...1664 sl.
obese - person
• BAG OF GUTS a fat person; a grossly obese person ...1597 US sl.
• BALLOON-BELLY an obese person ...1933 US sl.
• BELKY an obese person or animal; a glutton ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLICAN an obese person ...Bk1878 Eng. dial.
• BELLICON an obese person or animal; a glutton ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLIMP a nickname for an obese person ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BUNDLE OF GUTS (used contemptuously) a grossly obese person; a fat person ...1957 Amer. sl.
• FIVE-BY-FIVE an obese person ...Bk1942 US sl.
• GUTS (derogatory) a term of abuse, an overweight or obese person; a notably fat person ...1596 UK
• GUTSY (derogatory) a term of abuse, an overweight or obese person; a fat man ...1596 UK
• HEFTY a stout or obese person ...1871 US sl.
• MOO an obese person ...1990s US college sl.
• MOO-COW an obese person ...1990s US college sl.
• MOO-MOO an obese person ...1990s US college sl.
• OVERSTREWN GALOON an obese person ...Bk1942 US sl.
• MR. FIVE-BY-FIVE an obese person ...Bk1942 US sl.
• PORKY a fat person; an obese person ...1920s sl.
• QUEEN MARY an obese homosexual man ...1980s US homosexual sl.
• SCUTTLE OF GUTS (used contemptuously) a grossly obese person; a fat person ...1930 Amer. sl.
• TUB OF GUTS (used contemptuously) a grossly obese person; a fat person ...1906 Amer. sl.
• WOBBLEFATS an obese person ...Bk2004 US sl.
OBEY - see OBEDIENCE
OBITUARY - adjectives
• NECROLOGIC † belonging to necrology; obituary ...1796
• NECROLOGICAL belonging to necrology; obituary ...1828-32
obituary - nouns
• IRISH COMICS the obituary columns in a newspaper ...20C sl.
• IRISH FUNNIES the obituary columns in a newspaper ...20C sl.
• NECROLOGUE an obituary notice ...1884
• NECROLOGY an obituary notice ...1799
• OBIT an obituary ...1874 sl.
• OBITAL † a record or register of deaths; an obituary ...1691
• OBITUAL * a record or register of deaths; an obituary ...1812
obituary - person
• NECROGRAPHER one who writes an obituary notice ...1862
• NECROLOGIST one who writes an obituary notice ...1803
• OBITUARIST the writer of an obituary notice ...1792
obituary - verbs
• OBITUARIZE to write an obituary notice ...1891
OBJECT - person
• BUT-BOY someone, usually a male, who raises objections frequently ...Bk2006 US sl.
• OBJECTANT †* one who or that which objects ...1625
• OBJECTATOR †* an objector ...1656
• OBJECTIONER * one who offers an objection; an objector ...1799
• OBJECTIONIST * one who offers an objection; an objector ...
• OBJECTOR one who brings forward a reason or argument against something, or expresses disapproval of or disagreement with; one who objects ...1640
• OBJICIENT one who objects; an objector; an opponent of a motion or proposition ...1864
object - verbs
• AIL AT to have an objection to ...c1817 Sc.
• BACKSPEAK to gainsay, to reject, to object to ...1871 Sc.
• BECLEPE † to appeal against, to object to, to disapprove ...c1320
• BEEF to object ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• BOKE to object to ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HABBERGAW to stumble or hesitate in reading; to make objections ...1900 Sc.
• KICK UP A STINK to object loudly or publicly to something; to make a fuss or scene ...1948 sl.
• PITCH A BITCH to make great objections or a big fuss about something ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PITCH A DUCK-FIT to make great objections or a big fuss about something ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PITCH A FIT to make great objections or a big fuss about something; to rave in anger, to become much excited ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PITCH A HISSY-FIT to make great objections or a big fuss about something ...1965 Amer. dial.
• QUARREL to question, to call to account, to challenge; to find fault with, to rebuke; to object to ...1709 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAISE A STINK to object loudly or publicly to something; to make a fuss or scene ...1948 sl.
• TOP TALL TIMBER to make a commotion, to 'blow one's top'; to make great objections or a big fuss about something ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOP THE TREES to make a commotion, to 'blow one's top'; to make great objections or a big fuss about something ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOP TIMBER to make a commotion, to 'blow one's top'; to make great objections or a big fuss about something ...1965 Amer. dial.
OBJECT (thing) - nouns
• CHAT a thing; an object ...M19 sl.
• FAKE an object, gadget, device, or contrivance of any kind; a gimcrack ...1897 sl.
• FAKELOO an object, device or contrivance of any kind ...1958 Amer. sl.
• FAKEMENT any object, whether or not uncommon; a thing; used of something the name of which escapes you ...M19 sl.
• GUY an object; a thing ...1980s US sl.
OBJECT (aim) - nouns
• SCUDDER a thing, an object, a thingamabob ...1962 Amer. dial.
• UMTION an aim, an object ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
OBJECTING, OBJECTION - adjectives
• CAVILLOUS † unfair in argument; full of objections; apt to object or criticize without good reason; captious, quibbling ...1572
• EXCEPTIOUS prone to making objections; cavilling, peevish, captious, complaining ...1602
• OBJECTATIVE given to objecting; fond of making objections ...1873
• TARTLESOME † disposed to start objections, captious ...a1838 Sc.
objecting, objection - nouns
• APPOSITION † an objection; opposition ...E16
• BACK-DRAWING reluctance, objection, hesitation ...1934 Amer. dial.
• BACK-JAR an ill-natured objection or opposition; an artful evasion ...1825 Sc.
• BALK reluctance, objection ...1746 Eng. dial.
• BRABBLE † a quibble, a captious objection or dispute ...1581
• CAPTION † the act of cavilling or taking exception; an objection or cavil; fallacious or captious argument; a quibble, sophism ...1605
• HABBERGAW hesitation, suspense, objection ...1808 Sc.
• OB an objection ...20C policemen's sl.
• KICK opposition, objection, repugnance ...1839
• OBJECT an objection ...1822 Sc.
• OBJECTATION * the act of objecting or making objections ...1886
• OBSTIC † an obstacle, objection ...1791 Sc.
objecting, objection - interjections
• HELL ALL FRIDAY! used to express objection or disgust ...1966 Amer. dial.
OBJECTIONABLE - adjectives
• BAG-BITING infuriatingly objectionable or second-rate ...1983 Amer. computers' sl.
• BOOGERY spooky, threatening, unpleasant, objectionable ...1900 Amer. dial.
• BUGGERY spooky, threatening, unpleasant, objectionable ...1941 Amer. dial.
• CRUDDY of a person: objectionable, contemptible, despicable, unpleasant ...1877
• DIRE objectionable, unpleasant ...1836 UK
• FUNKY unpleasant, objectionable; also, suspect, questionable, strange ...1946 US sl.
• ON THE NOSE smelly; objectionable; decayed; stinking; esp. of rotten organic matter, as food ...1941 Aust. sl.
• OVER THE FENCE used to stress the unacceptability of something found objectionable ...1918 Aust. & NZ sl.
• REBARBATIVE * repellent, forbidding; unattractive, dull; unpleasant, objectionable ...1892
• UGGIN disgusting, loathsome, nauseating, objectionable, annoying, vexatious; frightful, horrible, ghastly ...1838 Sc.
• VERMINOUS noxious, objectionable, offensive ...1621-3
objectionable - nouns
• ARSE an objectionable person or place ...1944 Aust. sl.
• BAD MEDICINE a dangerous, unfortunate, or objectionable thing ...1844 US West usage
• BAGBITER a thing that is infuriatingly objectionable, second-rate, or the like ...1982 Amer. computers' sl.
• FAIR COW an annoying or objectionable person or circumstance ...1904 Aust. sl.
• FRIGHTFULNESS anything, esp. behaviour, that is objectionable ...1914 colloq.
• SINK † a collective mass of unsavoury or objectionable matters ...1577-87
objectionable - person
• ARSE an objectionable person or place ...1944 Aust. sl.
• ASTARD-BA a bastard; a contemptible, objectionable person ...1930s semi back-slang
• BAA-LAMB a bastard, a contemptible, objectionable person ...1910s euphemism
• BAD MEDICINE a dangerous, unfortunate, or objectionable person ...1844 US West usage
• BAD PILL an objectionable person, or one of low morals; a person of unenviable reputation ...Bk1891 sl.
• BAGBITER a person that is infuriatingly objectionable, second-rate, or the like ...1982 Amer. computers' sl.
• BAIGLE a disagreeable, dirty person; an objectionable person; a sight, a fright ...1821 Sc.
• BARGEE a general insult, the inference is a loud-mouthed, objectionable person ...1825 UK sl.
• BARSTERD a bastard; a contemptible, objectionable, or offensive person ...1675
• BASKET a bastard; a contemptible, objectionable person ...1936 euphemism
• BASS a term of abuse; a bastard; a contemptible, objectionable person ...1967 Sc. sl.
• BASTARD a contemptible, objectionable, or offensive person; an unpleasant or despicable person ...1675
• B.B. a term of abuse; a contemptible or objectionable person; 'Bitch's Bastard' ...1954 UK sl.
• BEAGLE a disagreeable, dirty person; an objectionable person; a sight, a fright ...1821 Sc.
• BEE a bastard, a contemptible, objectionable person ...1920s sl.
• BERK, BIRK, BURK(E) (mildly derogatory) an incompetent, objectionable, or annoying person; a term of abuse...1929 UK sl.
• BITCH'S BASTARD a term of abuse; a contemptible or objectionable person ...1922 sl.
• BOUNDER a person of objectionable manners or anti-social behaviour; a cad ...a1889 sl.
• CREEP an objectionable or unpleasant person; a dull or insignificant person ...1926 US sl.
• CRUD an unpleasant or despicable person; an objectionable or contemptible person; a general term of abuse ...1932
• CRUMB an untrustworthy, loathsome, or objectionable person; an insignificant, despicable person ...c1920 Amer. sl.
• CUNT a disliked person; an objectionable fellow; an unpleasant or despicable person ...1860 sl.
• DUFFER a foolish, inept, or objectionable person; a foolish or objectionable old man ...c1730
• DUMB FARMER (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FAIR COW an annoying or objectionable person or circumstance ...1904 Aust. sl.
• FARMER a stupid or unsophisticated person; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...M19 sl.
• FARMER BOY (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FARMER JACK (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FARMER JAKE (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GALLOOT a man, esp. if hulking, stupid, boorish, foolish, clumsy, or otherwise objectionable; an awkward or uncouth person ...1821 UK
• GIT an unpleasant, objectionable, or contemptible person; a term of abuse...1939 Brit. colloq.
• GREASER a flatterer, a sycophant; an objectionable person ...1900 sl.
• HICK FARMER (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JEZEBEL an objectionable woman; a termagant or shrew ...1553 colloq.
• MELVIN a person who is old-fashioned or unappealing; a dull, uninformed, or obnoxious person; a profoundly objectionable person ...1954 Amer. sl.
• MESS an objectionable or foolish person; unruly or incorrigible person; an oaf; a hopelessly stupid person; a mentally confused person ...1936 sl.
• MONIMENT a ridiculous or objectionable person; a laughingstock, a fool, a rogue ...1866 Sc.
• MONUMENT a ridiculous or objectionable person; a laughingstock, a fool, a rogue ...1866 Sc.
• NASTY PIECE OF WORK an objectionable person ...1961 UK sl.
• OICKMAN a labourer, a shopkeeper; hence, an objectionable fellow ...1925 UK sl.
• OLD FARMER (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ROTTER an objectionable or reprehensible person ...E17 sl.
• SCLYOG † a term of abuse for a dirty, objectionable person ...1882 Sc.
• SCOOTMAGROO a disgusting, objectionable person ...1903 Sc.
• SIG a bad-tempered, thoroughly objectionable person; a medical initialism for Stroppy (bad-tempered) Ignorant Git (objectionable person) ...2002 UK doctors' shorthand
• SPOOPS a silly fellow, a simpleton; a weak-minded fellow; one whose manners are objectionable ...1914 Amer. dial.
• SQUIRM a small, objectionable boy ...c1880 school sl.
• TAID a 'toad' a disgusting person; an objectionable, trouble-making person ...1793 Sc.
• TAIRD a term of great contempt applied to a man; a nasty, objectionable, dirty person ...Bk1825 Sc.
• TOAD a term of contempt for an objectionable, trouble-making person ...1793 Sc.
• URIAH HEEP an objectionable or unpleasant person; a dull or insignificant person ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'creep'
• VARMENT, VARMINT an objectionable or troublesome person; a mischievous child ...1773
• VENIM, VENOM a spiteful, vicious person or animal; a very objectionable creature ...1898 Sc.
• VERMIN a vile, objectionable, or offensive person ...1581
• VERMINAILLE † vile, objectionable, or offensive people ...1600
• WAMPUS a mean, difficult or objectionable person; an offensive or loathsome person ...1912 Amer. dial.
• WAMPUS CAT a virago; a mean, difficult, or objectionable person ...1915 Amer. dial.
• WANK an objectionable or contemptible person, esp. male; an incompetent, pretentious, or ostentatious person ...1970 sl.
• WANKER an objectionable or contemptible person, esp. male; an incompetent, pretentious, or ostentatious person ...1971 Brit. sl.
• WRUX a rotter; a humbug; an objectionable person ...c1875 UK school sl.
• ZOUCHER an objectionable, unpleasant person; an unmannerly fellow; a churl; a slovenly fellow ...Bk1889 sl.
objectionable - verbs
• COME OUT OF A BAG to behave in an objectionable manner ...1983 Amer. sl.
• EAT IT to be extremely objectionable, offensive, or unsatisfactory; to 'suck' ...1940 US sl.
objectionable - phrases
• HE'S A CUNT AND A HALF said of an extremely objectionable youth or man ...L1950s sl.
OBJECTOR - person
• OBJECTATOR †* an objector ...1656
• OBJECTIONER * one who offers an objection; an objector ...1799
• OBJECTIONIST * one who offers an objection; an objector ...1607
• OBJICIENT one who objects; an objector; an opponent of a motion or proposition ...1864
• PERCY (derogatory) a weak or effeminate man; a conscientious objector ...1916 sl.
• QUERELER † a quarreller, an objector ...1542
OBLIGATED - adjectives
• ENTITLED obligated ...1914 Amer. dial.
• OBSTRICT †* morally bound; bounden; obliged, obligated ...1527
OBLIGATION - adjectives
• DEBTED † of persons: under obligation; indebted ...c1425
• OBLIGABLE * capable of being brought under an obligation ...1860
• OBLIGATIONAL * pert. to an obligation ...1887
• SATISFACTORY * serving to satisfy a debt or obligation ...1604
• UNDEFEASED † undischarged, under obligation still ...1492 Sc.
obligation - nouns
• BEHOLDINGNESS † the condition of being beholden to anyone; obligation, indebtedness; later, dependence ...1580 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BLIGE obligation ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BOUND an obligation, duty ...1941 Amer. dial.
• DEBENTURE † acknowledgement of indebtedness; obligation; debt ...1609
• MAINTO obligation, debt ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MENTO obligation, debt ...Bk1905 Sc.
• OBBS obligations ...1910s sl.
• OBLIGENCE †* obligation ...1610
• OBLI-GODDAMN-ATION an emphatic form of 'obligation'
• OBS obligations ...1910s sl.
• OBSTRICTION the state of being morally or legally bound; obligation ...1671
• RIGHT a responsibility, obligation ...1933 Amer. dial.
• TETHER a tie, an obligation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIE obligation, moral compulsion; necessity; constraint, burden, care ...1724-32 Eng. dial.
obligation - verbs
• DEBT-BIND † to bind by obligation, to render indebted ...a1608 nonce word
• JEOFAIL † to fail of meet an obligation ...1599
• OBSTRINGE †* to put under obligation; to bind ...1528
• TED to have leave or permission to do a thing; to be bound or under obligation ...1746 Eng. dial.
• TET to have leave or permission to do a thing; to be bound or under obligation ...1746 Eng. dial.
OBLIGATORY - adjectives
• BOUNDANT † obligatory ...1649
• DEBT-BOUND † of things: obligatory, due, bounden ...1588
• NECESSITOUS †* enforced, obligatory ...1631
• OBLIGANCY * obligatory quality or character ...1826
• OBLIGANT † that obliges or binds, obligatory ...1624
• OBLIGATIVE imposing obligation; obligatory ...1596
• OBLIGATORIOUS †* obligatory; binding ...1602
OBLIGE - verbs
• OBLIGATE to oblige ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIE to constrain, to oblige, to compel; to bind by moral compulsion ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
OBLIGED - adjectives
• ABLEEGED obliged ...1879 Sc.
• AVELONG oblique, slanting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEHADDEN under personal obligation; indebted; obliged ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BEHOLDING under obligation, obliged, indebted, beholden; later, dependent ...1483 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BEHOVEN under obligation, beholden ...1880
• BLIGEE obliged ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• BLIGEY obliged ...Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
• BOUNDANT † obliged ...1654
• BOUNDEN under obligation, legal or moral; obliged, compelled, enforced ...a1400 arch.
• DEBT-BOUND † under obligation, bound by duty, obliged ...1513
• DEBT-BOUNDEN † under obligation, bound by duty, obliged ...1553
• LAID compelled, obliged ...1790 Sc.
• OBOLYGATED obliged, indebted ...1866 Eng. dial.
• OBSTRICT †* morally bound; bounden; obliged, obligated ...1527
obliged - verbs
• BEHOOVE to be obliged ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEHOVE to be obliged ...1815 Sc.
OBLIGING - adjectives
• BAINSOME obliging, helpful ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BUXOM † gracious, indulgent, favourable; obliging, amiable, courteous, affable, kindly ...1362
• FAIR-FASHIONED having great complaisance of manner; having great appearance of discretion without the reality ...1816 Sc.
• FAVOROUS † full of favour, obliging, kind ...c1485
• FAVOURABLE † of a superior: gracious; kindly, obliging ...1502 obs. exc. arch.
• GAIN tractable, docile, easy to manage; good-tempered, willing, obliging ...1809 Eng. dial.
• OBLIGEANT † obliging ...1654
• OFFICIOUS † doing or ready to do kind offices; eager to serve or please; attentive, obliging, kind ...1565
obliging - nouns
• OFFICIOSITY †* the quality of being officious; attentiveness, dutifulness ...1565
obliging - person
• ANGEL a person who is a source of comfort or aid; a kind, helpful, thoughtful, or obliging person ...1598
OBLIQUE - adjectives
• BIAS † slanting, oblique ...1551
• BOSS-EYED oblique, crooked, one-sided ...1898 Eng. dial.
• LEER, LERE † looking askance; oblique, indirect; sly, underhand ...1629
• OBLIQUANGULOUS †* oblique-angled ...1680
• OBLIQUOUS †* oblique ...1614
• OUT OF SKEW askew, oblique, out of plumb ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SIDE-WIND indirect, oblique ...1680
• SIDE-WINDED indirect, oblique ...1710
• SKEWED set obliquely or aslant; askew ...1611
• SLANTENDICULAR, SLANTINDICULAR, SLANTINGDICULAR oblique, awry ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SQUIOGLING askew, crooked, oblique ...1896 Amer. dial.
oblique - nouns (includes OBLIQUITY)
• BIASNESS †* obliquity ...1611
• OBLIQUATION * the act of becoming oblique; a turning to one side ...a1425
oblique - verbs
• BAGGE †* to look askew or obliquely; to leer, to ogle, to glance aside ...1369
• SCLENT to move, dart, or fall obliquely; to lie aslant; to give a side look, etc. ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKLENT to move, dart, or fall obliquely; to lie aslant; to give a side look, etc. ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
OBLIQUELY - adverbs
• ACROSS † not straight or directly; obliquely; athwart, awry, amiss ...1559
• AGLEY obliquely, aslant, turned to one side ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ASCANT oblique ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASKLENT aslant, on one side, obliquely ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ASLASH awry; obliquely ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ASLEW aslant, obliquely, awry, askew, diagonally ...1873 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• ASQUIN awry, crooked, obliquely ...1896 Eng. dial.
• ASWINT awry, crooked, obliquely ...1896 Eng. dial.
• CATAWAMPUS diagonally, obliquely ...1908 Amer. dial.
• CATERWAMPUST diagonally, obliquely ...1906 Amer. dial.
• CATTIWAMPUS diagonally, obliquely ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CATTYWAMPUS diagonally, obliquely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CATTYWHAMPER diagonally, obliquely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CATTYWHAMPERED TO diagonally, obliquely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CATTYWHAMPUS diagonally, obliquely ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CATTYWHOMPY diagonally, obliquely ...c1970 Amer. dial.
• CATTYWOBBLE. diagonally, obliquely ...c1970 Amer. dial.
• RICK-RACK diagonally, obliquely ...1986 Amer. dial.
• SCANTWAYS obliquely ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKAUNT looking sideways; obliquely ...1791
• SKEW * obliquely, askew ...1706
• SKEWLY * obliquely, askew ...1896
• SKY-BOTTLIN obliquely, askew ...1995 Amer. dial.
• SKY-GODLIN obliquely, askew ...1869 Amer. dial.
• SKY-GOG obliquely, askew ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SKY-GOGGLIN obliquely, askew ...1953 Amer. dial.
• SKY-WADDLIN obliquely, askew ...1953 Amer. dial.
• THWART crosswise, obliquely ...1900 Sc.
obliquely - verbs
• CATER to move diagonally or obliquely ...1902 Amer. dial.
• CATTER to move diagonally or obliquely ...1902 Amer. dial.
OBLITERATE - verbs
• BLUITER to obliterate ...Bk1911 Sc.
• OBFLISTICATE to vanquish, obliterate ...1832 Amer. sl.
• OBLIVIATE to obliterate; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
OBLIVION - adjectives
• LETHEAN pert. to or causing oblivion or forgetfulness of the past ...c1645
• LETHY †* causing oblivion or forgetfulness of the past ...1613
• OBLIVIAL †* causing oblivion ...1721
oblivion - nouns
• OBLIVIANCE †* oblivion ...1503
• OBLIVIANCY †* oblivion ...1820
• OBLIVIUM † oblivion; forgetfulness ...1699
• OBLIVY † oblivion ...c1475
• OUBLIANCE † forgetting, forgetfulness, oblivion ...c1477
oblivion - verbs
• OBLIVIATE †* to forget, to commit to oblivion ...1661
• OBLIVIONIZE to consign to oblivion ...1593
OBLIVIOUS - adjectives
• ZONED dazed and senseless; oblivious ...Bk1995 US sl.
OBLONG - adjectives
• AVELONG elliptical, oval; oblong ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• EAVELONG elliptical, oval, oblong; oblique, sidelong ...1864 Eng. dial.
• OBLONGITUDINAL * having an oblong form ...1892
• ROUND-LONG † oblong ...1668
oblong - adverbs
• AVELINGS † in an oblong or oval shape ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
oblong - nouns
• OBLONGITUDE * oblong form ...1739
OBLOQUY - adjectives
• OBLOQUIAL * pert. to obloquy ...1790
• OBLOQUIOUS * characterized by obloquy or evil-speaking; bringing reproach or disgrace ...1611
obloquy - nouns
• MEDISANCE † evil speaking; reproach; obloquy; detraction ...1656
• OBLOCUTION † evil-speaking; obloquy, slander ...1432-50
• SCANCE blame, reproach, obloquy ...1866 Sc.
OBNOXIOUS - adjectives
• BIRDTURD stupid; obnoxious; lousy; worthless ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CHOPPED physically unattractive or obnoxious ...20C teen & high school sl.
• CRUNK crazy, obnoxious ...1990s US college & teen sl.
• DIPSHIT pert. to someone or something obnoxious, stupid, or offensive ...Bk2006 US sl.
• EVIL of persons: ill-tempered, cross, disagreeable, unpleasant, contentious, obnoxious, hostile, neurotic, angry, obstinate ...OE
• OB obnoxious ...1960s sl.
• OBNO obnoxious ...1979 Amer. college sl.
• OFF THE WALL adj. odd, eccentric; crazy; obnoxious, offensive, pointless ...1937 US sl.
• SCHMOCK an obnoxious person ...Brit. sl.
• SHMOCK an obnoxious person ...Brit. sl.
• TARRED WITH THE SAME BRUSH stained with the same or similar faults or obnoxious qualities, corrupt ...1823
• TARRED WITH THE SAME STICK stained with the same or similar faults or obnoxious qualities, corrupt ...1818
• TOUCHED WITH THE SAME TAR-BRUSH stained with the same or similar faults or obnoxious qualities, corrupt ...1895
obnoxious - nouns
• PUKE any object or situation that is so inferior, obnoxious, ugly, or disliked that it makes one vomit ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
obnoxious - person
• ANKLE an extremely obnoxious person ...1990s sl.
• ARMPIT an obnoxious, unfriendly person ...1968 US sl.
• ASHCAN an obnoxious person ...1929 Amer. sl.
• BAG 1. a woman who is unattractive, obnoxious, or otherwise unpleasant ...1922 Amer. sl.
2. an obnoxious person, male or female ...1944 Amer. students' usage
• BAM a foolish, annoying, or obnoxious person; a belligerent or disruptive person; often used as a contemptuous form of address ...1959 Sc. colloq.
• BAMPOT a foolish, annoying, or obnoxious person; a belligerent or disruptive person; an eccentric person; often used as a contemptuous form of address ...1962 Sc. colloq.
• BAMSTICK a foolish, annoying, or obnoxious person; a belligerent or disruptive person; often used as a contemptuous form of address ...1965 Sc. colloq.
• BAWBAG an ignorant, obnoxious, or otherwise detestable person, esp. a man; often used as a disparaging form of address ...1999 Sc.
• BEAN a term of disparagement for a foolish, unpleasant or obnoxious person ...1915 US sl.
• BIG CHEESE a foolish, obnoxious, or inept person; anyone who has pretensions to being smart ...1918 US sl.
• BIRD TURD an insignificant, worthless person. an obnoxious person ...1959 US sl.
• BOHUNKUS a stupid, obnoxious, or worthless person; often used as a term of abuse or a contemptuous form of address ...1933
• BORE an unwelcome visitor, who makes himself obnoxious by his disagreeable manners ...1848 Amer. dial.
• BUTTHEAD (derogatory) a stupid or obnoxious person of either sex ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BUTTHOLE a foolish or despicable person; an obnoxious person ...1962 Amer. sl.
• CHIT an obnoxious person; a worthless person ...17C colloq.
• DIRK a foolish, peculiar, or obnoxious person; an absent-minded or inattentive person; a jerk ...1964 US sl.
• DIRTBALL a filthy, contemptible, or obnoxious person ...1974 US sl.
• DUDE a foolish or obnoxious fellow ...1967 US sl.
• EGG a foolish, ineffectual, or obnoxious person ...1918 US sl.
• EGG-FOR-FUCK a fool, a simpleton, an obnoxious person ...1990s US college sl.
• EGGNOG a foolish or obnoxious person ...c1921 US sl.
• EL SLEAZO a disgusting, obnoxious person ...1970s US sl.
• FARTHOLE a contemptible person ; an obnoxious or foolish person ...1970 Amer. sl.
• GRUB an offensive, obnoxious, or unattractive person ...1966 Amer. sl.
• FUNKY-BUTT an obnoxious person ...1964 US jazz usage
• GAUNCH a gross or obnoxious person ...1954 US college sl.
• GEEP an obnoxious, inept, or suspicious-looking person; an offensive or unpleasant person ...1940 US sl.
• GEEPO an obnoxious, inept, or suspicious-looking person ...1950 US sl.
• GERBIL a stupid, insignificant, or unpleasant person; a foolish or obnoxious person ...1986 US sl.
• GIMP (derogatory) a stupid, foolish, unpleasant, obnoxious, or contemptible person; a simpleton; an incompetent or weak person ...1924 sl., orig. US
• GIMPY (derogatory) a stupid, foolish, unpleasant, obnoxious, or contemptible person ...1959 US sl.
• GLEEF an odd, obnoxious, or worthless person ...1963 US sl.
• GLEEP an odd, obnoxious, or foolish person; a stupid person; an oaf; a disliked person ...1947 US college sl.
• GRUB an offensive, obnoxious, or unattractive person ...1966 Amer. sl.
• GRUNGE a slovenly or offensive person; an obnoxious person; someone who is sloppy in dress ...1965 Amer. student sl.
• GWEEB a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student ...1984 Amer. campus sl.
• GWEEBO a person who entirely lacks style; a tedious and contemptible person; an obnoxious person; an over-diligent student ...1986 Amer. campus sl.
• HAIRBALL an obnoxious, boorish person, esp. when drunk ...1981 US sl.
• HATEFUL an obnoxious or vexatious person or animal ...1913 Amer. dial.
• MAROON an obnoxious or foolish person; a stupid person ...1941 Amer. sl.
• MELVIN a person who is old-fashioned or unappealing; a dull, uninformed, or obnoxious person; a profoundly objectionable person ...1954 Amer. sl.
• MIDLAND BANKER an obnoxious person ...Bk2004 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'wanker'
• MOA-FUGG a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person ...1962 US sl.
• MO DICKER a 'motherfucker; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person; a lazy, irresponsible person ...1968-70 Amer. sl.
• MOFO a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person ...1965 Amer. sl.
• MOFUCK a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person ...1962 Amer. sl.
• MO-FUCKER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person ...1987 Amer. sl.
• MOLLY-DODGER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, contemptible, despicable, or unpleasant person ...1964 US Black sl.
• MOLLYWOPPER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, contemptible, despicable, or unpleasant person ...1973 US sl.
• MOMMA a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person ...1975 US sl.
• MOMMA-HOPPER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1975 US euphemism
• MOTHAFUCKA a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1918 sl., orig. US Black
• MOTHBALL * an insignificant or foolish person; an obnoxious or aggravating person; a teenage jerk; an irritating person; an over-diligent student ...1944 US sl.
• MOTHER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person ...1955 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• MOTHER-BUGGER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1970 US euphemism
• MOTHER CRUSHER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1959 US euphemism
• MOTHEREE * a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person ...1938 US sl.
• MOTHEREFF a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1961 US euphemism
• MOTHEREN a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1948 US euphemism
• MOTHERFATHER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1992 US sl.
• MOTHERFERYER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or unpleasant person ...1946 US euphemism
• MOTHER-FLICKER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1998 US euphemism
• MOTHER-FLUNKER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...2002 US euphemism
• MOTHER-FOR-YOU a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1918 sl., orig. US Black
• MOTHER-FOULER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1949 US euphemism
• MOTHER-FRIGGER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1939 US euphemism
• MOTHERFUCK an obnoxious, despicable, or contemptible person; a very unpleasant person; often a term of abuse ...1964 US sl.
• MOTHERFUCKA a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1918 sl., orig. US Black
• MOTHERFUCKER an obnoxious, despicable, or contemptible person; a very unpleasant person; often a term of abuse ...1918 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• MOTHERFUG a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1918 sl., orig. US Black
• MOTHERFUGGER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1918 sl., orig. US Black
• MOTHER-FUYER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1935 US euphemism
• MOTHER-GRABBER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1963 US euphemism
• MOTHERHEAD a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1970 US euphemism
• MOTHER-HOPPER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1975 US euphemism
• MOTHER-HUBBA a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1959 US euphemism
• MOTHER-HUBBER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1959 US euphemism
• MOTHER HUBBARD a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1994 US euphemism
• MOTHER-HUGGER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1956 US euphemism
• MOTHER-HUMP a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1976 US euphemism
• MOTHER-HUMPER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1963 US euphemism
• MOTHER-HUNCHER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1962 euphemism
• MOTHER-JIVER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1959 US euphemism
• MOTHER-JUMP a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1975 US euphemism
• MOTHER-JUMPER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1949 US euphemism
• MOTHER-LOVER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1951 US euphemism
• MOTHEROO a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1999 euphemism
• MOTHER-PLUGGER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1959 US euphemism
• MOTHER-RAPER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1959 US euphemism
• MOTHER-RUBBER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1973 US euphemism
• MOTHERSCRATCHER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible or very unpleasant person ...2001 US sl.
• MOTHERSELLER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible or very unpleasant person ...1953 US sl.
• MOTHER-SUCKER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1952 US euphemism
• MOTOR SCOOTER a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1960 US euphemism
• MOTORCYCLE a 'motherfucker'; an obnoxious, despicable, contemptible, or very unpleasant person ...1938 US sl.
• NARD an obnoxious person ...1960s US sl.
• OBNO an obnoxious, loud, crude person ...1979 Amer. college sl.
• OBNOC a crude, obnoxious person ...1970s US campus sl.
• OBNOXO a crude, obnoxious person ...1970s US campus sl.
• OLD BAG (disparaging) an unattractive, obnoxious, or unpleasant old woman; an old hag, any old woman ...1922 sl., orig. US
• ONBEAST † an obnoxious person ...1808 Sc.
• PAIN IN THE ARSE, PAIN IN THE ASS an annoying or obnoxious person ...1934 sl.
• PAIN IN THE ASSHOLE an annoying or obnoxious person ...1998 sl.
• PAIN IN THE BALLS an annoying or obnoxious person ...1973 US sl.
• PAIN IN THE BLEEP an annoying or obnoxious person ...1972 sl.
• PAIN IN THE BUM an annoying or obnoxious person ...1982 sl.
• PAIN IN THE CLINKERS an annoying or obnoxious person ...1993 Irish sl.
• PAIN IN THE DERRIERE an obnoxious person ...20C US colloq.
• PAIN IN THE FANNY an annoying or obnoxious person ...1934 sl.
• PAIN IN THE HOLE an annoying or obnoxious person ...1991 sl.
• PAIN IN THE NECK an annoying, obnoxious person ...1941 sl.
• PAIN IN THE REAR a very annoying person or obnoxious person ...Bk1981 Amer. sl.
• PAIN IN THE WHOOSIS an annoying or obnoxious person ...1934 sl.
• PILL an unpleasant or despicable person; an obnoxious person; an annoying or boring person ...1871 sl.
• POT an obnoxious person; a disliked, self-righteous, self-important person of either sex, but esp. a woman of middle age or over ...1937 Amer. sl.
• PUKE an obnoxious person; a real pest ...E19 Brit. & US sl.
• SHIT an unpleasant or despicable person; a contemptible, obnoxious, or worthless person ...1508
• SHITE an unpleasant or despicable person; a contemptible, obnoxious, or worthless person ...1508
• SHITEPOKE a contemptible, obnoxious, or worthless person ...E20 sl.
• SHIT-FACE an unpleasant or despicable person, an obnoxious person, usually male; a term of abusive address ...1937 sl.
• SHITHEAD an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; a term of abuse for an obnoxious person ...1961 sl.
• SLEAZO a disgusting, obnoxious person ...1970s US sl.
• SLEAZOID a disgusting, obnoxious person ...1970s US sl.
• SNOT a term of contempt for a person; an obnoxious or despicable person, esp. a self-important nonentity ...E17 sl.
• SPUNK STAIN an obnoxious person ...Bk2004 UK sl.
• SUCK an obnoxious person ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• VARMENT a mischievous or obnoxious lad ...1773
• WANK STAIN a tedious, obnoxious person ...Bk2004 UK sl.
• WISEASS an obnoxious person with delusions of cleverness ...1971 US sl.
• WISEPUSS an obnoxious person with delusions of cleverness ...1971 US sl.
• YEGG an obnoxious male ...Bk1995 Amer. sl.
• YOYO an unpredictable or inconsistent person whose moods and actions go up and down; hence, a fool; an idiot, a dolt; a stupid person; an obnoxious person; an incompetent, or undesirable person; a jerk ...1959 US sl.