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at odds en · ADP

Pronunciation

  • [əɾ‿ˈɒdz] (Canada, dialectal) of the US
  • /ət‿ˈɔdz/ (Australia)
  • /ət‿ˈɒdz/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
  • [əɾ‿ˈɑdz] (General-American, dialectal) of Canada
  • /ət‿ˈɑdz/ (General-American, dialectal) of Canada
  • [əɾ‿ˈɔdz] (Australia)
  • /ət‿ˈɒdz/ (New-Zealand)
  • audio Queensland
  • [əɾ‿ˈɔ̟dz] (New-Zealand)
  • /ət‿ˈɒdz/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From at + odds (“(obsolete) dissimilarity; inequality”).

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) In disagreement; conflicting.
    • [I] began to be at odds vvith myſelf vvhether to be glad or ſorry; […] 1722 (indicated as 1721), [Daniel Defoe], The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. […], London: […] W[illiam Rufus] Chetwood, […]; and T. Edling, […], published 1722, →OCLC, page 186:
    • In the passage they encountered Mr. Mould the undertaker: a little elderly gentleman, bald, and in a suit of black; with a note-book in his hand, a massive gold watch-chain dangling from his fob, and a face in which a queer attempt at melancholy was at odds with a smirk of satisfaction; […] 1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, “The Reader is Brought into Communication with Some Professional Persons, and Sheds a Tear over the Filial Piety of Good Mr. Jonas”, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC, page 237:
    • Evidence now proves that the Primus and the Archon are at odds. Investigations show that the Primus disapproves of the Archon's single-minded interest in Remnant technology, believing it to be a distraction from the kett's attempts to conquer Heleus. 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Redwood City, Calif.: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Kett: Primus Codex entry:
    • In 2017, after five years of YouTube obscurity, he had his first viral hit, a video which now seems, weirdly, both completely at odds with the thrust of his subsequent career, and to contain many of its core themes. It’s called I Counted to 100,000!, and it’s exactly that: a livestreamed ordeal, lasting about 40 hours, in which the young Donaldson sits in his gaming chair, stares into his crappy webcam, and counts from 1 to 100,000. 2025 June 3, Mark O’Connell, “‘The Mozart of the attention economy’: why MrBeast is the world’s biggest YouTube star”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2025:
    • By day and night he vvrongs me, / Euery houre he flaſhes into one groſſe crime or other / That ſets vs all at ods, ile not indure it, […] c. 1603–1606 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] His True Chronicle Historie of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Nathaniel Butter, […], published 1608, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
    • The witness’s statement seems to be at odds with the evidence—not a good sign for the prosecutor.
    • At Pleasant Valley sheepmen and cattlemen were at odds over the grazing. Sooner or later they would clash. 1940, Zane Grey, chapter 1, in 30,000 on the Hoof, Roslyn, N.Y.: Walter J. Black, →OCLC, page 5:

Relateds

at cross-purposes · on the outs

Synonyms

at variance · at sixes and sevens · at loggerheads

Translations (21)

hu hadilábon áll (in disagreement — see also conflicting) · it in disaccordo (in disagreement — see also conflicting) · pl w sprzeczności (in disagreement — see also conflicting) · es en conflicto (in disagreement — see also conflicting) · cy anghytûn (in disagreement — see also conflicting) · fr en conflit (in disagreement — see also conflicting) · it in contrasto (in disagreement — see also conflicting) · fi ristiriidassa (in disagreement — see also conflicting) · mk во несогласу́вање (in disagreement — see also conflicting) · sv i strid (in disagreement — see also conflicting) · hu eltér (in disagreement — see also conflicting) · cmn 不一致 (in disagreement — see also conflicting) · pl na bakier (in disagreement — see also conflicting) · pl w konflikcie (in disagreement — see also conflicting) · it in conflitto (in disagreement — see also conflicting) · cmn 大相逕庭 /大相迳庭 (in disagreement — see also conflicting) · hu ellentmond (in disagreement — see also conflicting) · pl w niezgodzie (in disagreement — see also conflicting) · es en desacuerdo (in disagreement — see also conflicting) · cmn 不和 (in disagreement — see also conflicting) · cmn 不相稱 /不相称 (in disagreement — see also conflicting)