odious

CEFRC1

/ˈəʊ.di.əs/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Extremely unpleasant or hateful.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.

Examples

  • It was an odious face—crafty, vicious, malignant, with shifty, light-grey eyes and white lashes.

  • Pray do not talk of that odious man.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈəʊ.d͡ʒəs/
  • /ˈoʊ.di.əs/

Deep Dive

More examples

In context

  • Scrubbing the toilets in the bar at the end of a Saturday night is an odious task.

  • You told a lie, an odious damned lie: / Upon my soul, a lie, a wicked lie!

  • 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.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English odious, from Old French odieus, from Latin odiōsus, from odium (“hate”).