odious
adjective
deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.
odiously
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a word derived from
odious.
Example Sentences
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Still, regardless of who he played in the years following “Buffy” or how odiously that character behaves, Giles was never far from our minds, especially as we matured and increased our emotional distance from Sunnydale.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
The odiously gauche, lantern-jawed, knowingly named Jonah, liaison to the president and thus ever the bearer of ill luck and bad news: and aforementioned whiz-kid Dan, who was indeed certifiable oomska, but useful oomska.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 30, 2012
I sometimes see of ye an actual pair Go by! linked fin by fin! most odiously.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2012
I know this sounds odiously modest, but I don't think it needed much goodness.
From Time Magazine Archive
She seems not to have liked little George, nor George grown up; and represents him as odiously hard, cold, and silent.
From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by George Saintsbury
