odium

American  

[oh-dee-uhm] / ˈoʊ di əm /

noun

1. intense hatred or dislike, especially toward a person or thing regarded as contemptible, despicable, or repugnant.

   Synonyms:

   antipathy, abhorrence, detestation

   Antonyms:

   love

2. the reproach, discredit, or opprobrium attaching to something hated or repugnant.

   He had to bear the odium of neglecting his family.

   Synonyms:

   obloquy

3. the state or quality of being hated.

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odium British  

/ ˈəʊdɪəm /

noun

1. the dislike accorded to a hated person or thing

2. hatred; repugnance

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Etymology

Origin of odium

1595–1605; < Latin: hatred, equivalent to od ( isse ) to hate + -ium -ium

Example Sentences

Neither of the smart and entertaining new memoirs by Henry Winkler and John Stamos inspires such odium — even if both TV stars have written books that traffic heavily in their authors’ lesser angels.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2023

This season will only add to the odium.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2022

Of those who rely on the metaphysical, their arguments are usually strongly imbued with prejudice, and even odium, and, as such, are beyond the pale of scientific criticism.

From Scientific American • Oct. 5, 2018

Labor reformer Orestes Brownson went further and condemned wages as “a cunning device of the devil” that gave employers “all the advantages of the slave system, without the expense, trouble, and odium of being slave-holders.”

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

As a counterbalance, then, we begin with that everfresh and exciting odium: the author’s formal introduction.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger