ODIUM

abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, loathing, odium

(noun) hate coupled with disgust

odium

(noun) state of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

odium (countable and uncountable, plural odiums)

Hatred; dislike.

The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.

Anagrams

• duomi

Source: Wiktionary

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O"di*um, n. Etym: [L., fr. odi I hate. Gr. Annoy, Noisome.]

1. Hatred; dislike; as, his conduct brought him into odium, or, brought odium upon him.

2. The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness. She threw the odium of the fact on me. Dryden. Odium theologicum ( Etym: [L.], the enmity peculiar to contending theologians.

Syn.

– Hatred; abhorrence; detestation; antipathy.

– Odium, Hatred. We exercise hatred; we endure odium. The former has an active sense, the latter a passive one. We speak of having a hatred for a man, but not of having an odium toward him. A tyrant incurs odium. The odium of an offense may sometimes fall unjustly upon one who is innocent. I wish I had a cause to seek him there, To oppose his hatred fully. Shak. You have...dexterously thrown some of the odium of your polity upon that middle class which you despise. Beaconsfield.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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