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odious

[ oh-dee-uhs ]

adjective

  1. deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.

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    Antonyms: ,

  2. highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting.

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odious

/ ˈəʊɪə /

adjective

  1. offensive; repugnant
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Derived Forms

  • ˈǻ徱dzܲԱ, noun
  • ˈǻ徱dzܲ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • d·dzܲ· adverb
  • d·dzܲ·Ա noun
  • ܲ·d·dzܲ adjective
  • un·d·dzܲ· adverb
  • un·d·dzܲ·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of odious1

1350–1400; Middle English from Latin ǻ徱ōܲ, equivalent to od(ium) “hٰ,” odium + -ōܲ -ous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of odious1

C17: from Latin; see odium
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Synonym Study

See hateful.
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Example Sentences

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In fairness, as odious as Hegseth's eagerness to go about it might be, that agenda is Donald Trump's as much as his own.

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The judge said the threats made to Commissioner Harris were "odious" and noted McDonald's "gracious" victim impact statement.

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I also don’t have a huge problem with Democrats sitting down with the Charlie Kirks of the world, as odious as some of his antisemitic, race-baiting and Trump-worshipping comments have been.

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“We will keep suing them until they adopt colorblind admissions and rid themselves of every last vestige of these odious and discriminatory practices.”

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And rather than just telling everyone to shut their traps and deal with it as they've been saying for months to anyone who questions their odious policies, the White House backed off.

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