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odious::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | abominable, detestable, execrable |
| Derivation | odiousness, odium |
consequences odious to those you govern.
Examples of odious
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Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind that it never had many professors.
From the en.wikipedia.org
How do you regard your heroes when they do, or say, wrong or even odious things?
From the theatlantic.com
I flippin hope so, Lucas and Baker are two of the most odious MP's in the House.
From the theargus.co.uk
Like Orwell, Ehrenreich fixes on sights and smells as her most odious memories.
From the businessweek.com
Comparisons are in the habit of being odious, but this was particularly wretched.
From the independent.co.uk
The most odious aspect of these online humiliations is that they don't go away.
From the online.wsj.com
Your post is less openly odious but the thinking behind it seems to be similar.
From the guardian.co.uk
I don't think that is a worthwhile goal, but I think the man was an odious figure.
From the economist.com
One of the most odious aspects of this new law is the implications for the church.
From the ocregister.com
- Abominable: unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
- (odiously) detestably: in an offensive and hateful manner; "I don't know anyone who could have behaved so abominably"
- (odiousness) offensiveness: the quality of being offensive
- (odiousness) The condition of being odious; An odious thing
- (adj) - evoking aversion; dislikable, distasteful
- [1 Chr 19: 6; Prov 30: 23] 1. hateful; deserving hatred. It expresses something less than detestable and abominable; as an odious name; odious vice.
- Arousing or deserving hatred or loathing.
- (adjective) -- disagreeable and causing dislike in others ch. 6
