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odious

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o·di·ous  (d-s)
adj.
Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure. See Synonyms at hateful.

[Middle English, from Old French odieus, from Latin odisus, from odium, hatred; see odium.]

odi·ous·ly adv.
odi·ous·ness n.

odious [ˈəʊdɪəs]
adj
offensive; repugnant
[from Latin; see odium]
odiously  adv
odiousness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.odiousodious - unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
hateful - evoking or deserving hatred; "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly

odious
Translations
odious [ˈəʊdɪəs] ADJ [person, task] → odioso, detestable; [behaviour, crime] → detestable; [comparison] → odioso

odious [ˈəʊdiəs] adjodieux/euse, détestable

odious
adj personabstoßend, ekelhaft; actionabscheulich, verabscheuenswürdig; an odious personein Ekel nt; what an odious thing to saywie abscheulich, so etwas zu sagen; to make odious comparisonshässliche Vergleiche machen

odious [ˈəʊdɪəs] adjodioso/a
odious [ˈəʊdɪəs] adjodioso/a

odious
adj odious [ˈəudiəs]
hateful; disgusting She is an odious young woman. haatlik, naar, afskuwelik مَمْقوت، مَكْروه، شَنيع отвратителен protivný, nechutný afskyelig widerlich απεχθής, απαίσιος odioso, detestable, repugnante talumatu نفرت انگیز vastenmielinen odieux, détestable דוֹחֶה अप्रिय odvratan utálatos menyebalkan ógeðslegur odioso いやな 불쾌한 bjaurus, šlykštus, atstumiantis pretīgs; riebīgs; nejauks menjelikkan afschuwelijk avskyelig, motbydelig odpychający odioso odios, dete­stabil ненавистный; отвратительный odporný ostuden odvratan förhatlig, motbjudande น่ารังเกียจ iğrenç 可恨的,討厭的 відразливий; одіозний نفريں، باعث نفرت đáng ghét
adv odiously
haatlike, afskuwelike بِصورَةْ شَنيعَه отвратително ohavně afskyeligt widerlich απαίσια, αηδιαστικά odiosamente vastumeelselt بطور نفرت انگیز vastenmielisesti odieusement בְּאוֹפֶן נִתעַב अप्रियता odvratno gyűlöletesen secara menyebalkan ógeðslega odiosamente 憎らしく 밉살스럽게 bjauriai, šlykščiai pretīgi; riebīgi dgn cara yg menjelikkan afschuwelijk avskyelig, motbydelig ohydnie odiosamente odios, detestabil отвратительно odporne zoprno odvratno förhatligt, motbjudande อย่างน่ารังเกียจ iğrenç şekilde 可恨地 відразливо مکروہ انداز ميں một cách đáng ghét
n odiousness
haatlikheid, afskuwelikheid غَرابَه، شَناعَه отвратителност odpornost afskyelighed die Widerlichkeit απέχθεια carácter odioso vastumeelsus بیزار کنندگی vastenmielisyys (caractère) odieux גוֹעָל अप्रियता odvratnost gyűlöletesség sifat menyebalkan ógeðslegheit odiosità いやらしさ 밉살스러움, 추함 bjaurumas, šlykštumas pretīgums; riebīgums kejelikan weerzinwekkendheid avskyelighet, motbydelighet ohyda carácter odioso caracter odios отвратительность odpornosť zoprnost odvratnost förhatlighet ความน่าขยะแขยง iğrençlik 可恨 одіозність کراہت، نفرت sự đáng ghét


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This insistence in using the odious word arises from the fact that a particularly benighted landsman must imagine the act of anchoring as a process of throwing something overboard, whereas the anchor ready for its work is already overboard, and is not thrown over, but simply allowed to fall.
There is a fine avenue of a mile long leading to the house, and the woman at the lodge-gate (over the pillars of which are a serpent and a dove, the supporters of the Crawley arms), made us a number of curtsies as she flung open the old iron carved doors, which are something like those at odious Chiswick.
The better reason for my not being conversant with the slang of the bank, which is here dinning in my ears from morning to night; that noise of jingling crowns, which are constantly being counted and re-counted, is odious to me.
 
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