Odium \O"di*um\ ([=o]"d[i^]*[u^]m), n. [L., fr. odi I hate. Cf.
Annoy, Noisome.]
1. Intense hatred or dislike; loathing; abhorrence.
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2. The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.
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She threw the odium of the fact on me. --Dryden.
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3. The state of being intensely hated as the result of some
despicable action; opprobrium; disrepute; discredit;
reproach mingled with contempt; as, his conduct brought
him into odium, or, brought odium upon him.
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Odium theologicum[L.], the enmity peculiar to contending
theologians.
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Syn: Hatred; abhorrence; detestation; antipathy.
Usage: Odium, Hatred. We exercise hatred; we endure
odium. The former has an active sense, the latter a
passive one. We speak of having a hatred for a man,
but not of having an odium toward him. A tyrant incurs
odium. The odium of an offense may sometimes fall
unjustly upon one who is innocent.
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I wish I had a cause to seek him there,
To oppose his hatred fully. --Shak.
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You have . . . dexterously thrown some of the
odium of your polity upon that middle class
which you despise. --Beaconsfield.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
odium
n 1: state of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior
2: hate coupled with disgust [syn: abhorrence, abomination,
detestation, execration, loathing]
WordNet (r) 2.0
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "odium":
Anglophobia, Russophobia, abhorrence, abomination, anti-Semitism,
antipathy, aversion, bigotry, degradation, demotion, depluming,
despitefulness, detestation, discredit, disesteem, dishonor,
dislike, displuming, disrepute, execration, hate, hatred,
ignobility, ignominiousness, ignominy, infamousness, infamy,
ingloriousness, loathing, loss of honor, malevolence, malice,
malignity, misandry, misanthropy, misogyny, obloquy, opprobrium,
race hatred, racism, repugnance, shame, spite, spitefulness, stain,
vials of hate, vials of wrath, xenophobia
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, loathing
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