Odious

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈəʊ.di.É™s/
• US IPA: /ˈoÊŠ.di.É™s/
• Rhymes: -əʊdiÉ™s

Origin

Via French odieux, "odious", from Latin odiosus, from odium, "hate", -osus, "-ous", from odisse, "to hate".

Full definition of odious

Adjective

1. Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.Scrubbing the toilet is an odious task.

• 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Chapter 6, He looks upon study as an odious fetter; his time is spent in the open air, climbing the hills or rowing on the lake.

Usage notes

Nouns to which "odious" is often applied: debt, man, character, crime, task, comparison, woman, person, vice, word, act.

Synonyms

• detestable, hated, reviled, unsavory, contemptible, despicable

Anagrams

• iodous