ODIOUS
abominable, detestable, execrable, odious
(adjective) unequivocally detestable; “abominable treatment of prisoners”; “detestable vices”; “execrable crimes”; “consequences odious to those you govern”- Edmund Burke
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
odious (comparative more odious, superlative most odious)
Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
Usage notes
• Nouns to which "odious" is often applied: debt, man, character, crime, task, comparison, woman, person, vice, word, act.
Synonyms
• detestable, hated, reviled, unsavory, contemptible, despicable
Anagrams
• iodous
Source: Wiktionary
O"di*ous, a. Etym: [L. odiosus, from odium hatred: cf. F. odieux. See Odium.]
1. Hateful; deserving or receiving hatred; as, an odious name, system, vice. "All wickedness will be most odious." Sprat. He rendered himself odious to the Parliament. Clarendon.
2. Causing or provoking hatred, repugnance, or disgust; offensive; disagreeable; repulsive; as, an odious sight; an odious smell. Milton. The odious side of that polity. Macaulay.
Syn.
– Hateful; detestable; abominable; disgusting; loathsome; invidious; repulsive; forbidding; unpopular.
– O"di*ous`ly. adv.
– O"di*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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