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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
Etymology
Noun
odium (countable and uncountable, plural odiums)
Hatred; dislike.
The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.
Anagrams
• duomi
Source: Wiktionary
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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