odium
Americannoun
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intense hatred or dislike, especially toward a person or thing regarded as contemptible, despicable, or repugnant.
- Synonyms:
- antipathy, abhorrence, detestation
- Antonyms:
- love
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the reproach, discredit, or opprobrium attaching to something hated or repugnant.
He had to bear the odium of neglecting his family.
- Synonyms:
- obloquy
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the state or quality of being hated.
noun
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the dislike accorded to a hated person or thing
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hatred; repugnance
Etymology
Origin of odium
1595–1605; < Latin: hatred, equivalent to od ( isse ) to hate + -ium -ium
Example Sentences
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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
The invidious utterance or person invites odium more openly.
From The Guardian • Jun. 5, 2017
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
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