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odium
[ oh-dee-uhm ]
noun
- intense hatred or dislike, especially toward a person or thing regarded as contemptible, despicable, or repugnant.
Synonyms: antipathy, abhorrence, detestation
Antonyms: love
- the reproach, discredit, or opprobrium attaching to something hated or repugnant:
He had to bear the odium of neglecting his family.
Synonyms: obloquy
- the state or quality of being hated.
odium
/ ˈəʊdɪəm /
noun
- the dislike accorded to a hated person or thing
- hatred; repugnance
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of odium1
Example Sentences
I hope in this way to avoid incurring odium theologicum of any kind.
The Sophists as a class had incurred the odium of being the first teachers who received pay for the instruction they imparted.
But worse perhaps than this was the public odium they brought upon themselves.
Because his hypocrisy lacks the magnificent scope of that of the Saxon, he bears the odium of a personal stealthiness.
If Pitt had tried to avoid it, he would have incurred the odium of hesitating to accept the will of the nation.
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