odious

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English

WOTD – 7 October 2006

Etymology

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Borrowed from Anglo-Norman, from Old French odieus, from Latin odiōsus, from odium (“hate”).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -əʊdiəs

Adjective

odious (comparative more odious, superlative most odious)

  1. Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
    Scrubbing the toilet is an odious task.
    • 1903, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes‎Wikisource:
      "He was a dreadful person, a bully to everyone else, but to me something infinitely worse. He made odious love to me, boasted of his wealth, said that if I married him I would have the finest diamonds in London, and finally, when I would have nothing to do with him, he seized me in his arms one day after dinner -- he was hideously strong -- and he swore that he would not let me go until I had kissed him."
    • 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 6, in Frankenstein‎[1]:
      He looks upon study as an odious fetter; his time is spent in the open air, climbing the hills or rowing on the lake.
    • 1750, “Theodora”, Thomas Morell (lyrics), George Frideric Handel (music)‎[2]:
      I own no crime, unless it be a crime to've hindered you from perpetrating that which would have made you odious to mankind, at least the fairest half.

Usage notes

  • Nouns to which "odious" is often applied: debt, man, character, crime, task, comparison, woman, person, vice, word, act.

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