Word:
Odious
Status:
Adjective
Meaning:
Causing hatred or strong dislike.
Sentences:
1) It was one of the most odious crimes of recent history.
2) He barked an odious and unforgivable insult to his mother.
Origin:
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin odiosus, from odium which means 'hatred towards somebody'.
First use:
14th century
Synonyms:
abhorrent, abmoniable, apalling, awful, evil foul
Antonyms:
innucuous, inoffensive.
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