odious

Definition

Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.

Etymology

From Middle English odious, from Old French odieus, from Latin odiōsus, from odium (“hate”).

Example Sentences

• "Scrubbing the toilets in the bar at the end of a Saturday night is an odious task."
• "You told a lie, an odious damned lie: / Upon my soul, a lie, a wicked lie!"
• "I own no crime, unless it be a crime to've hindered you from perpetrating that which would have made you odious to mankind, at least the fairest half."

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