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Odious \O"di*ous\, a. [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.
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He rendered himself odious to the Parliament.
--Clarendon.
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2. Causing or provoking hatred, repugnance, or disgust;
offensive; disagreeable; repulsive; as, an odious sight;
an odious smell. --Milton.
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The odious side of that polity. --Macaulay.
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Syn: Hateful; detestable; abominable; disgusting; loathsome;
invidious; repulsive; forbidding; unpopular.
[1913 Webster] -- {O"di*ous`ly}. adv. --
{O"di*ous*ness}, n.
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