odious en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English odious, from Old French odieus, from Latin odiōsus, from odium (“hate”).
Meanings
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Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
You told a lie, an odious damned lie: / Upon my soul, a lie, a wicked lie!
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], lines 179-80:He looks upon study as an odious fetter; his time is spent in the open air, climbing the hills or rowing on the lake.
1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 6, in Frankenstein, archived from the original on 08 May 2013:I own no crime, unless it be a crime to've hindered you from perpetrating that which would have made you odious to mankind, at least the fairest half.
1750, “Theodora”, Thomas Morell (lyrics), George Frideric Handel (music):Scrubbing the toilets in the bar at the end of a Saturday night is an odious task.
Gedeon Van Rompay had the dubious distinction of being the only Site employee personally hired by Edwin Falkirk, former All Sections Chief and perennial piece of human trash. Lillian had found it easy not to hold this against the man, but only because there were so many other odious things about him to choose from. He was misogynist, he was chauvinistic, he was boorish, he was violent. Just about the only metric on which she rated Van Rompay higher than Falkirk was transphobia; the big man made no distinction between varieties of womanhood, feeling superior to all of them equally.
2023 September 16, HarryBlank, “Borrowing Trouble”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2024:He always detested the trade, and it was only necessity, and the offer of his mother’s brother, a London apothecary of low family, into which Pendennis’s father had demeaned himself by marrying, that forced John Pendennis into so odious a calling.
1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 2, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:"He was a dreadful person, a bully to everyone else, but to me something infinitely worse. He made odious love to me, boasted of his wealth, said that if I married him I would have the finest diamonds in London, and finally, when I would have nothing to do with him, he seized me in his arms one day after dinner—he was hideously strong—and he swore that he would not let me go until I had kissed him."
1903 December 26, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more odious | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most odious | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
odiously · odious debt · unodious · odiousness · odious as a toad
Relateds
Synonyms
unsavory · contemptible · reviled · detestable · hated · despicable
Translations (62)
ru ненави́стный (arousing strong dislike) · az nifrətli (arousing strong dislike) · nl hatelijk (arousing strong dislike) · az mənfur (arousing strong dislike) · es odioso (arousing strong dislike) · sv odiös (arousing strong dislike) · grc στυγερός (arousing strong dislike) · fi vihattava (arousing strong dislike) · mk гна́сен (arousing strong dislike) · nn avskyeleg (arousing strong dislike) · fi vastenmielinen (arousing strong dislike) · sh mȑzak (arousing strong dislike) · nl hatelijke (arousing strong dislike) · de unausstehlich (arousing strong dislike) · fi kauhea (arousing strong dislike) · mk о́дбивен (arousing strong dislike) · sa घृणित (arousing strong dislike) · sv motbjudande (arousing strong dislike) · mga fúathmar (arousing strong dislike) · de widerwärtig (arousing strong dislike) · eo abomena (arousing strong dislike) · de abstoßend (arousing strong dislike) · sv vidrig (arousing strong dislike) · tr itici (arousing strong dislike) · fr odieux (arousing strong dislike) · de abscheulich (arousing strong dislike) · de odiös (arousing strong dislike) · uk нена́висний (arousing strong dislike) · mk нена́вистен (arousing strong dislike) · de widerlich (arousing strong dislike) · pdt wadalich (arousing strong dislike) · nb odiøs (arousing strong dislike) · nn odiøs (arousing strong dislike) · la odiōsus (arousing strong dislike) · de verhasst (arousing strong dislike) · nb avskyelig (arousing strong dislike) · bg противен (arousing strong dislike) · de gehässig (arousing strong dislike) · az iyrənc (arousing strong dislike) · tr iğrenç (arousing strong dislike) · fi inhottava (arousing strong dislike) · ga gráiniúil (arousing strong dislike) · mk о́мразен (arousing strong dislike) · nb motbydelig (arousing strong dislike) · eo abomeninda (arousing strong dislike) · ru проти́вный (arousing strong dislike) · it odioso (arousing strong dislike) · nn motbydeleg (arousing strong dislike) · de odios (arousing strong dislike) · ru одио́зный (arousing strong dislike) · bg омразен (arousing strong dislike) · ga fuafar (arousing strong dislike) · pt odioso (arousing strong dislike) · ka ოდოიზური (arousing strong dislike) · de scheußlich (arousing strong dislike) · mk о́двратен (arousing strong dislike) · ru отврати́тельный (arousing strong dislike) · be адыёзны (arousing strong dislike) · ca odiós (arousing strong dislike) · ru ни́зкий (arousing strong dislike) · sh мр̏зак (arousing strong dislike) · uk одіо́зний (arousing strong dislike)