Odium

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  • noun. The state or quality of being odious.
  • noun. Strong dislike, contempt, or aversion.
  • noun. A state of disgrace resulting from hateful or detestable conduct.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Hatred; dislike.
  • noun. Censure or blame; reproach; enmity incurred.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Intense hatred or dislike; loathing; abhorrence.
  • noun. The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.
  • noun. The state of being intensely hated as the result of some despicable action; opprobrium; disrepute; discredit; reproach mingled with contempt.
  • noun. the enmity peculiar to contending theologians.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Hatred; dislike; as, his conduct brought him into odium, or, brought odium upon him.
  • noun. The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. hate coupled with disgust
  • noun. state of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior
    • Word Usage
    "That the term "old maid" has lost its odium is due to the fact that unmarried women have made a place for themselves in the world of business."
    cross-reference
    odium theologicum  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    disgrace  disgust  hate  hatred  ignominy  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Sui  abhorrence  alarmism  calumny  censure  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Anglophobia  Russophobia  abhorrence  abhorrence  abomination  
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