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odious

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o⋅di⋅ous

  [oh-dee-uhs]
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–adjective
1. deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.
2. highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L odiōsus, equiv. to od(ium) hatred, odium + -ōsus -ous

Related forms:
o⋅di⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
o⋅di⋅ous⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. abominable, objectionable, despicable, execrable. See hateful. 2. loathsome, repellent, repulsive.

Antonyms:
1. attractive, lovable.
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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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Word Origin & History

odious 
c.1380, from Anglo-Fr. odious, from O.Fr. odieus (1376, Mod.Fr. odieux), from L. odiosus "hateful," from odium "hatred" (see odium).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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