noxious harmful numb without ability to feel or move numbness without ability to move a finger obdurate stubborn, impenitent obsequious too eager to obey or serve officious too eager or ready to help, offer advice opprobrious showing scorn or reproach ostentation display to obtain admiration or envy ostentatious fond of ostracism shut out from society, refuse to meet, talk ostrich fast-running bird unable to fly outset start overhaul examine thoroughly to learn about the condition overwhelm weigh down, submerge palpability can be felt, touched, understood palpitate tremble, beat rapidly and irregularly parenthesis sentense within another one, smth separated parsimonious too economical, miserly peccadillo small sin; small weakness in ones character penchant taste, liking, inclination penury poverty peremptory not to be disobeyed or questioned perennial lasting for a long time (eg. a year) perfidious treacheres, faithless perfidy treachery; breaking of faith |