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at odds

UK/ət‿ˈɒdz/US/ət‿ˈɑdz/

at odds prepositional phrase: in disagreement; conflicting.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) In disagreement; conflicting.
    • The witness’s statement seems to be at odds with the evidence—not a good sign for the prosecutor.
    • By day and night he vvrongs me, / Euery houre he flaſhes into one groſſe crime or other / That ſets vs all at ods, ile not indure it, […]c. 1603–1606 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] His True Chronicle Historie of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Nathaniel Butter, […]...

at odds meaning in Kannada

at odds in Kannada

ವಿರುದ್ಧವಾಗಿ, ಹೊಂದಾಣಿಕೆಯಿಲ್ಲದೆ

Examples of at odds in a sentence

  • [I] began to be at odds vvith myſelf vvhether to be glad or ſorry; […]1722 (indicated as 1721), [Daniel Defoe], The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. […], London: […] W[illiam Rufus]...
  • At Pleasant Valley sheepmen and cattlemen were at odds over the grazing.1940, Zane Grey, chapter 1, in 30,000 on the Hoof, Roslyn, N.Y.: Walter J. Black, →OCLC, page 5:
  • Evidence now proves that the Primus and the Archon are at odds.2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Redwood City, Calif.: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Kett: Primus Codex entry:

Synonyms of at odds

Origin of at odds

From at + odds (“(obsolete) dissimilarity; inequality”).

Words that rhyme with at odds

Questions about at odds

What does at odds mean?
At odds means in disagreement; conflicting.
What is at odds in Kannada?
At odds in Kannada is ವಿರುದ್ಧವಾಗಿ, ಹೊಂದಾಣಿಕೆಯಿಲ್ಲದೆ. See At odds meaning in Kannada.
How do you use at odds in a sentence?
[I] began to be at odds vvith myſelf vvhether to be glad or ſorry; […]
What part of speech is at odds?
At odds is a prepositional phrase.
How do you pronounce at odds?
At odds is pronounced /ət‿ˈɒdz/ (UK).

Words near at odds in the dictionary

  1. at most
  2. at night
  3. at no rate
  4. at no time
  5. at odd times
  6. at odds
  7. at once
  8. at one
  9. at one blast
  10. at one blow
  11. at one go

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Adapted from Wiktionary: at odds (page history and authors); at odds (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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