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
One person may remember only that in the first grade he thought the books of the Bible were named after four odiously well-behaved Sunday school classmates named Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
From Time Magazine Archive
How odiously some of the men speak, gaze.
From The Late Tenant by Tracy, Louis
