01 a. Hateful; deserving or receiving hatred; as, an odious name, system, vice.
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Hateful; deserving or receiving hatred; as, an odious name, system, vice.“He rendered himself odious to the Parliament.” — Clarendon.
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Causing or provoking hatred, repugnance, or disgust; offensive; disagreeable; repulsive; as, an odious sight; an odious smell.“The odious side of that polity.” — Macaulay.
Syn.
Hateful; detestable; abominable; disgusting; loathsome; invidious; repulsive; forbidding; unpopular.