odious

/'oudjəs/

Thân thiện

The dictator's odious policies caused widespread suffering.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Extremely unpleasant, repulsive, or hateful: Describes something that arouses or deserves intense dislike, disgust, or revulsion. It implies a quality that is offensive and loathsome to one's moral or aesthetic sensibilities.

Usage

The word "odious" is a strong adjective used to express profound moral or personal disgust. It is typically applied to actions, behaviors, qualities, or situations that are considered deeply offensive or repugnant. It is more formal and forceful than words like "unpleasant" or "disagreeable."

Examples

• The dictator's odious regime was responsible for countless human rights abuses.
• She found his constant boasting and arrogance utterly odious.
• The task of cleaning up the foul-smelling mess was an odious duty.
• His odious comments during the meeting offended everyone present.

Advanced Usage

• "odious comparison": A comparison that is particularly offensive or insulting.

  • Being compared to the corrupt official was an odious comparison she deeply resented.

• "render odious": To cause someone or something to become hated or detestable.

  • The propaganda campaign sought to render the opposition leader odious to the public.

Variants and Related Words

• Odiously (adverb): In an odious manner.

  • He behaved odiously toward his subordinates.

• Odiousness (noun): The quality of being odious.

  • The odiousness of the crime shocked the nation.

Synonyms

• Detestable: Deserving intense dislike.
• Abominable: Causing moral revulsion; loathsome.
• Execrable: Extremely bad or unpleasant; abominable.
• Loathsome: Causing hatred or disgust; repulsive.
• Repugnant: Extremely distasteful; unacceptable.

Antonyms

• Delightful: Causing delight; charming.
• Pleasant: Giving a sense of happy satisfaction or enjoyment.
• Admirable: Arousing or deserving respect and approval.
• Lovable: Inspiring or deserving love or affection.

Idioms and Phrases

• "Odious debt" (specialized term, often in finance/politics): A debt incurred by a regime for purposes that did not serve the best interests of the population, and for which the population should not be held responsible.
  • Activists argued that the loans taken by the former dictator constituted odious debt.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. unequivocally detestable
   • abominable treatment of prisoners
   • detestable vices
   • execrable crimes
   • consequences odious to those you govern- Edmund Burke

Từ đồng nghĩa

• abominable
• detestable
• execrable