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odious

UK/ˈəʊ.di.əs//ˈoʊ.di.əs/

odious adjective: arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.

Adjective

odious (comparative more odious, superlative most odious)

  1. Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
    • 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!c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

odious meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

odious in Tamil

எதிர்ப்பான, வெறுக்கத்தக்க, வெறுப்பூட்டு

odious in Urdu

کریہہ, مکروہ, ناگوار, ناپسندیدہ, قبیح

odious in Bengali

ঘৃণ্য, জঘন্য, অত্যন্ত অপ্রীতিকর

odious in Malayalam

വെറുപ്പു ജനിപ്പിക്കുന്ന, അസഹ്യമായ, നീരസജനകമായ
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odious in Kannada
ಅಪ್ರಿಯವಾದ, ಹೇಸಿಕೆ ಹುಟ್ಟಿಸುವ, ಜುಗುಪ್ಸೆ ಉಂಟುಮಾಡುವ, ಹೀನ
odious in Sanskrit
घृणित ghṛṇita

Examples of odious in a sentence

  • 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.1750, “Theodora”, Thomas Morell (lyrics), George Frideric Handel (music):
  • He looks upon study as an odious fetter; his time is spent in the open air, climbing the hills or rowing on the lake.1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 6, in Frankenstein, archived from the original on 08 May 2013:
  • Lillian had found it easy not to hold this against the man, but only because there were so many other odious things about him to choose from.2023 September 16, HarryBlank, “Borrowing Trouble”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2024:

Synonyms of odious

All synonyms of odious

Forms of odious

comparativemore odious
superlativemost odious

Origin of odious

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

Words formed from odious

Phrases with odious

Words that rhyme with odious

Questions about odious

What does odious mean?
Odious means arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
What is odious in Tamil?
Odious in Tamil is எதிர்ப்பான, வெறுக்கத்தக்க, வெறுப்பூட்டு. See Odious meaning in Tamil.
How do you use odious in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is odious?
Odious is an adjective.
How do you pronounce odious?
Odious is pronounced /ˈəʊ.di.əs/ (UK).

Words near odious in the dictionary

  1. Odinsmen
  2. Odinswoman
  3. odintsovite
  4. Odintsovo
  5. Odiongan
  6. odious
  7. odious as a toad
  8. odious debt
  9. odious debts
  10. odiously
  11. odiousness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: odious (page history and authors); odious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); odious (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); odious (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); odious (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); odious (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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