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odious(dictionary)

odious (iou)



odious adjective. LME.
[Old French odious, odieus (mod. odieux) from Latin odiosus, formed as ODIUM: see -OUS.]
Deserving of or causing hatred or repugnance; hateful, offensive, repugnant.
E. Bowen To disoblige any friend of the family was odious to her. A. G. Gardiner The slum-owner,..the profiteer, and all the odious people..exploiting others. A. Pryce-Jones I was an odious child.
odiously adverb LME.
odiousness noun L15.