odious

odious

arousing hatred; abhorrent; repugnant; abominable; loathsome, detestable: an odious pedophile

Not to be confused with:

odorous – having a distinctive odor; smelly: an odorous stockyard

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o·di·ous

 (ō′dē-əs)

adj.

1. Arousing or deserving hatred or strong dislike. See Synonyms at hateful.

2. Extremely unpleasant; repulsive: an odious smell. See Synonyms at offensive.

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

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o′di·ous·ly adv.

o′di·ous·ness n.

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odious

(ˈəʊdɪəs)

adj

offensive; repugnant

[C17: from Latin; see odium]

ˈodiously adv

ˈodiousness n

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o•di•ous

(ˈoʊ di əs)

adj.

1. deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.

2. highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin odiōsus=odi(um) hatred, odium + -ōsus -ous]

o′di•ous•ly, adv.

o′di•ous•ness, n.

syn: See hateful.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

odious - unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke abominable, detestable, execrable hateful - evoking or deserving hatred; "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly

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odious

adjective offensive, nasty, foul, disgusting, horrible, unpleasant, revolting, obscene, sickening, vile, horrid, repellent, unsavoury, obnoxious, unpalatable, repulsive, disagreeable, nauseating, hateful, repugnant, loathsome, abhorrent, abominable, execrable, detestable, yucky or yukky (slang) He's the most odious man I have ever met.
pleasing, charming, pleasant, delightful, enjoyable, enchanting, agreeable, congenial, winsome

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odious

adjective

So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation:

abhorrent, abominable, antipathetic, contemptible, despicable, despisable, detestable, disgusting, filthy, foul, infamous, loathsome, lousy, low, mean, nasty, nefarious, obnoxious, repugnant, rotten, shabby, vile, wretched.

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Translations

مَمْقوت، مَكْروه، شَنيع

widerlich

odieux

ógeîslegur

odiosoodio

atstumiantis

nejaukspretīgsriebīgs

iğrenç

可恨的讨厌的

odious

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

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odious

[ˈəʊdiəs] adj → odieux/euse, détestable

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odious

adj person → abstoßend, ekelhaft; action → abscheulich, verabscheuenswürdig; an odious person → ein Ekel nt; what an odious thing to say → wie abscheulich, so etwas zu sagen; to make odious comparisons → hässliche Vergleiche machen

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odious

[ˈəʊdɪəs] adj → odioso/a

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odious

(ˈəudiəs) adjective

hateful; disgusting. She is an odious young woman. haatlik, naar, afskuwelik مَمْقوت، مَكْروه، شَنيع отвратителен odioso protivný, nechutný widerlich afskyelig απεχθής, απαίσιοςodioso, detestable, repugnante talumatu نفرت انگیز vastenmielinen odieux, détestableדוחה अप्रिय odvratan utálatos menyebalkan ógeðslegur odioso いやな 불쾌한 bjaurus, šlykštus, atstumiantis pretīgs; riebīgs; nejauks menjelikkan afschuwelijk avskyelig, motbydeligodpychający له نفرته ډك،متنفر 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 可恨的，讨厌的

ˈodiously adverb

haatlike, afskuwelike بِصورَةْ شَنيعَه отвратително odiosamente ohavně widerlich afskyeligt απαίσια, αηδιαστικά odiosamente vastumeelselt بطور نفرت انگیز vastenmielisesti odieusement בְּאוֹפֶן נִתעַב अप्रियता odvratno gyűlöletesen secara menyebalkan ógeðslega odiosamente 憎らしく 불쾌하게 bjauriai, šlykščiai pretīgi; riebīgi dgn cara yg menjelikkan afschuwelijk avskyelig, motbydelig ohydnie په نفرت odiosamente odios, detestabil отвратительно odporne zoprno odvratno förhatligt, motbjudande อย่างน่ารังเกียจ iğrenç şekilde 可恨地 відразливо مکروہ انداز ميں một cách đáng ghét 可恨地

ˈodiousness noun

haatlikheid, afskuwelikheid غَرابَه، شَناعَه отвратителност caráter odioso odpornost die Widerlichkeit afskyelighed απέχθεια carácter odioso vastumeelsus بیزار کنندگی vastenmielisyys odieuxגועל अप्रियता odvratnost gyűlöletesség sifat menyebalkan ógeðslegheit odiosità いやらしさ 불쾌함 bjaurumas, šlykštumas pretīgums; riebīgums kejelikan weerzinwekkendheid avskyelighet, motbydelighetohyda ستړى كونكى carácter odioso caracter odios отвратительность odpornosť zoprnost odvratnost förhatlighet ความน่าขยะแขยง iğrençlik 可恨 одіозність کراہت، نفرت sự đáng ghét 可恨

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