relating to marriage or weddings

Synonyms:matrimonial, marital

Synonyms:development

rough or clumsy and unintelligent

"Oafish behaviour"

Synonyms:stupid, foolish, idotic, cretinous

a small area in a desert where water and plants are found

a pleasant or peaceful area in the midst of a difficult place

Synonyms:refuge, haven, sanctum, retreat, shelter, asylum

Synonyms:stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, intransigent

deferential respect

"They paid obeisance to the Prince"

Synonyms:respect, homage, reverence

deliberately make something confusing or difficult to understand

Synonyms:confuse, obscure, bewilder, complicate, muddy

Synonyms:destroy, annihilate, exterminate, extirpate, demolish, decimate

the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening around one

"They drank themselves into oblivion"

Synonyms:unconsciousness, insensibility, stupor, stupefaction

strong public condemnation

Synonyms:vilify, condemn

very unpleasant or rude

Synonyms:indecent, salacious, lewd, vulgar

not well-known, hidden, or not easily understood

Synonyms:unknown, vague, ambiguous, unclear, hazy, inarticulate, equivocal

Synonyms:flattery, servility

something that is no longer in use

Synonyms:outdated, outmoded, outworn, superannuated, antiquated, archaic

Synonyms:stubborn, headstrong, wilful, unyielding, obdurate, intransigent, pigheaded, stiffnecked, mulish, intractable

noisy and difficult to control

Synonyms:unruly, disorderly, uncontrolled

in a way that’s too noticeable

"Her clothes are sometimes obtrusively showy"

Synonyms:stupid, dull, slow-witted, dunce

the opposite or counterpart of a fact or truth

"The obverse of the theory may also be true"

Synonyms:opposite, antithesis

Antonyms:synonym