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单词 odious
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Definition of odious in English:

odious

adjective ˈəʊdɪəsˈoʊdiəs
  • Extremely unpleasant; repulsive.

    可憎的;令人厌恶的

    a pretty odious character
    odious hypocrisy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Comparisons between San Gimignano and New York are not odious.
    • As tragic events unfolded in Europe, Luce ran his thriving magazine empire with an odious tilt.
    • Alas there is no reason why the most odious, contemptible people might not be able to make the sweetest, most wonderful creations.
    • They stepped through the low front door and found that inside the house was as vile, odious and squalid as its owner.
    • It's not about protecting people from themselves, as odious as even that is.
    • Second, the American government should have shed light on the facts: how were such odious acts possible?
    • One result of last night's odious affair is certain to be earlier kick-offs for future fixtures between Rangers and Aberdeen.
    • It is precisely in such periods that the lies of the state assume an ever more blatant and odious character.
    • In their country, in their family, they will be able to find a normal life, to leave the odious control to which they are subjected.
    • We have supported odious men in the name of containing our enemies.
    • They're odious enough on their own without asking whom she woke up with.
    • This carping is an odious theme we hear constantly from Angela.
    • But then I remember that their agendas are sometimes odious and even dangerous.
    • The only other notable performance might be Gordon Tanner's stellar turn as the thoroughly odious Bruce.
    • I have to engage the passions of others by painting him as vicious or odious or depraved: hateful in general.
    • The painter Cavaradossi and his comrades struggle against the Roman police state run by the odious Baron Scarpia.
    • Ireland's wildlife is too precious to be destroyed by those who are nothing less than odious countryside terrorists.
    • It has unfailingly produced economic disaster, and in most cases, pretty odious political tyrannies.
    • Last Thursday, the odious Shepherd announced that the Newcastle job was one of the ‘top eight’ in the world.
    • At the same time, the odious extremism at the other end of the spectrum, in the shape of the BNP vote elsewhere, has also strengthened.
    Synonyms
    revolting, repulsive, repellent, repugnant, disgusting, offensive, objectionable, vile, foul, abhorrent, loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, sickening, hateful, detestable, execrable, abominable, monstrous, appalling, reprehensible, deplorable, insufferable, intolerable, unacceptable, despicable, contemptible, beyond the pale, unspeakable, poisonous, noxious, obscene, base, hideous, grisly, gruesome, horrendous, heinous, atrocious, awful, terrible, dreadful, frightful, obnoxious, unsavoury, unpalatable, unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty, distasteful, dislikeable, off-putting, displeasing
    informal ghastly, horrible, horrid, gross, putrid, sick-making, yucky, God-awful
    British informal beastly
    Northern Irish informal bogging
    North American informal skanky
    literary noisome
    archaic disgustful, scurvy, loathly

Derivatives

  • odiously

  • adverb ˈəʊdɪəsliˈoʊdiəsli
    • I have included my views because to flippantly criticise without offering solutions is hopelessly and odiously hypocritical.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And he was particularly odiously cruel, as we know from the mass graves, and other things.
      • His athleticism and point skills, however, are odiously overrated.
      • But there must be real issues that Le Pen has raised not matter how odiously.
      • The third world was rumored to be as far away from the prison as possible, Tij had noted odiously.
  • odiousness

  • noun ˈəʊdɪəsnəsˈoʊdiəsnəs
    • A feeling of odiousness has gone from the room and for a chance I can sleep without wondering if my death is to come.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It's hard to see how the odiousness of a crime can indicate that it was not the product of an ‘internal dysfunction.’
      • It seems as if he lets his outrage at the abuse of government powers blind him to the odiousness of his clients.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French odieus, from Latin odiosus, from odium 'hatred'.

Rhymes

commodious, melodious

Definition of odious in US English:

odious

adjectiveˈōdēəsˈoʊdiəs
  • Extremely unpleasant; repulsive.

    可憎的;令人厌恶的

    a pretty odious character
    odious hypocrisy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But then I remember that their agendas are sometimes odious and even dangerous.
    • It has unfailingly produced economic disaster, and in most cases, pretty odious political tyrannies.
    • This carping is an odious theme we hear constantly from Angela.
    • Ireland's wildlife is too precious to be destroyed by those who are nothing less than odious countryside terrorists.
    • It is precisely in such periods that the lies of the state assume an ever more blatant and odious character.
    • It's not about protecting people from themselves, as odious as even that is.
    • In their country, in their family, they will be able to find a normal life, to leave the odious control to which they are subjected.
    • Comparisons between San Gimignano and New York are not odious.
    • We have supported odious men in the name of containing our enemies.
    • The only other notable performance might be Gordon Tanner's stellar turn as the thoroughly odious Bruce.
    • I have to engage the passions of others by painting him as vicious or odious or depraved: hateful in general.
    • Last Thursday, the odious Shepherd announced that the Newcastle job was one of the ‘top eight’ in the world.
    • Second, the American government should have shed light on the facts: how were such odious acts possible?
    • One result of last night's odious affair is certain to be earlier kick-offs for future fixtures between Rangers and Aberdeen.
    • They're odious enough on their own without asking whom she woke up with.
    • At the same time, the odious extremism at the other end of the spectrum, in the shape of the BNP vote elsewhere, has also strengthened.
    • They stepped through the low front door and found that inside the house was as vile, odious and squalid as its owner.
    • Alas there is no reason why the most odious, contemptible people might not be able to make the sweetest, most wonderful creations.
    • The painter Cavaradossi and his comrades struggle against the Roman police state run by the odious Baron Scarpia.
    • As tragic events unfolded in Europe, Luce ran his thriving magazine empire with an odious tilt.
    Synonyms
    revolting, repulsive, repellent, repugnant, disgusting, offensive, objectionable, vile, foul, abhorrent, loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, sickening, hateful, detestable, execrable, abominable, monstrous, appalling, reprehensible, deplorable, insufferable, intolerable, unacceptable, despicable, contemptible, beyond the pale, unspeakable, poisonous, noxious, obscene, base, hideous, grisly, gruesome, horrendous, heinous, atrocious, awful, terrible, dreadful, frightful, obnoxious, unsavoury, unpalatable, unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty, distasteful, dislikeable, off-putting, displeasing

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French odieus, from Latin odiosus, from odium ‘hatred’.

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