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o·di·ous (ō'dē-əs) adj. Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure. See Synonyms at hateful. [Middle English, from Old French odieus, from Latin odiōsus, from odium, hatred; see odium.] o'di·ous·ly adv., o'di·ous·ness n. |
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Odious
O"di*ous\, a. [L. odiosus, from odium hatred: cf. F. odieux. See Odium.]1. Hateful; deserving or receiving hatred; as, an odious name, system, vice. "All wickedness will be most odious." --Sprat. He rendered himself odious to the Parliament. --Clarendon. 2. Causing or provoking hatred, repugnance, or disgust; offensive; disagreeable; repulsive; as, an odious sight; an odious smell. --Milton. The odious side of that polity. --Macaulay. Syn: Hateful; detestable; abominable; disgusting; loathsome; invidious; repulsive; forbidding; unpopular. -- O"di*ous`ly. adv. -- O"di*ous*ness, n.
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Language Translation for : odious
Spanish:
odioso, detestable, repugnante,
German:
widerlich,
Japanese:
いやな
odious
c.1380, from Anglo-Fr. odious, from O.Fr. odieus (1376, Mod.Fr. odieux), from L. odiosus "hateful," from odium "hatred" (see odium).
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