odious

Adjective
Synonyms: abominabledetestableexecrable

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. unequivocally detestable“abominable treatment of prisoners”“detestable vices”“execrable crimes”“consequences odious to those you govern — Edmund Burke”Synonyms: abominabledetestableexecrable
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

He rendered himself odious to the Parliament.— Clarendon.[1913 Webster]

2.Causing or provoking hatred, repugnance, or disgust; offensive; disagreeable; repulsive; as, an odious sight; an odious smell. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

The odious side of that polity.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

Syn: Hateful; detestable; abominable; disgusting; loathsome; invidious; repulsive; forbidding; unpopular. [1913 Webster] -- O"di*ous`ly. adv. -- O"di*ous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

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