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odiousness

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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.
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Noun1.odiousness - the quality of being offensive
offensiveness, distastefulness
blatancy - the property of being both obvious and offensive; "the blatancy of his attempt to whitewash the crime was unforgivable"
unpleasantness - the quality of giving displeasure; "the recent unpleasantness of the weather"
repulsiveness, loathsomeness, lousiness, sliminess, vileness, wickedness - the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions; "the vileness of his language surprised us"
hatefulness, objectionableness, obnoxiousness - the quality of being hateful


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" He said, "the YAHOOS were known to hate one another, more than they did any different species of animals; and the reason usually assigned was, the odiousness of their own shapes, which all could see in the rest, but not in themselves.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
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