odious
adjective
deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.
odiousness
-
a word derived from
odious.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But the attorney general’s polls have steadily slipped for months due to revelations about his affairs, ongoing corruption scandals and general odiousness.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2025
Partly because of Mr. Snyder’s odiousness, the Commanders’ attempt to secure public financing for a new stadium in Virginia stalled in June.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2022
In a 13-page dissent, Thomas, a Georgia native and the court’s only African American, said Gattie’s views “are certainly odious. But their odiousness does not excuse us from doing our jobs correctly,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2018
Ms. Monteith, unafraid to parade her character’s odiousness, knows how to deliver a line that plants seeds of doubt in Philip’s mind.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2017
The image left him, but n the odiousness never did.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
