odious

adjective

ˈō-dē-əs How to pronounce odious (audio)
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as in disgusting
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment an odious and unforgivable insult

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Recent Examples of odious And Moscow, by now having shed its concern with its international reputation, is likely to become even less constrained in its willingness to aid even the most odious of regimes. — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2024 That closeness is a testament to the skills of case officers, especially considering that spies regularly engage and build rapport with individuals who pose threats to American safety—criminals, terrorists, diplomats from the world’s most odious regimes. — Jeremy Hurewitz, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024 For now, the view here is that absent the monumental theft that is devaluation there’s no market for someone as odious as Hitler, nor is there acceptance of the genocidal horrors that Hitler foisted on Germany to its everlasting detriment. — John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 Nowhere in the series is this more apparent than in a conversation with Brett Favre, the odious Hall of Fame quarterback Rodgers replaced on the Packers. — Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for odious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for odious
  1. disgusting
  2. ugly
  3. awful
  4. horrible
  5. sickening
  6. hideous
  7. obnoxious
  8. obscene
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  • Continue reading … ‘PRO-CRIMINAL’ – Blue state sheriff unloads on 'disgusting' bill targeting the right to self-defense.
    — Fox News, Fox News, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The world is a disgusting and miserable place, and Tory Lanez is eager to exploit it.
    — Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of disgusting
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  • The 24-year-old displayed all of the good, the bad and the ugly in a 25-game stretch when called up to the majors last season when starting catcher Gabriel Moreno was injured.
    — Chuck Murr, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Imagine the classic tale The Ugly Duckling, by Hans Christian Andersen — only, in this version, the ugly duckling doesn’t mature into a beautiful swan.
    — Matt Kracht, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of ugly
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  • The Fairfield County corridor is infamously awful, according to Potamkin Hyundai, with the Stamford stretch recently ranking as the number one busiest highway segment in the entire country.
    — Staff report, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2025
  • But Ovechkin has been scoring 50 goals (a season) for an awful long time now.
    — Homero De la Fuente, CNN, 9 Mar. 2025
Definition of awful
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  • The tech giant had a horrible week, off nearly 11% in the period despite Friday’s relief bounce.
    — Pia Singh, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
  • This is really happening and these horrible things are happening and that this person doesn't want to be happening.
    — Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of horrible
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  • There’s a sickening, satisfying weight behind each strike here, especially with the sprays of blood when Matt repeatedly throws one goon against the wobbling refrigerator.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
  • It was announced shortly before Feb. 14, which marked seven years since the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland and as our newspapers remain filled with tragic and preventable homicides caused by irresponsible gun owners, this move is sickening.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2025
Definition of sickening
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  • The Wild played a hideous third period, and the Blues got two more goals from Kyrou.
    — Michael Russo, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Just to give one small example: early on in the movie Bernice, who spends most of the story bedridden watching shopping channels, spots a hideous piece of clothing being advertised on television.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of hideous
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  • Their boisterous conversations war against the obnoxious clanging of the drums.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
  • There's a sizzling romance brewing between Kate and the obnoxious storm influencer Tyler (Powell), who must work together to keep Oklahoma safe from a dangerous tornado threatening to wreak havoc on their hometown.
    — William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of obnoxious
Adjective
  • Taken by the apparent deterioration of his health, users made those clips go viral and eventually adapted the money spread into a mini-dance trend where users bop to the song before flaunting an obscene amount of cash (or weed baggies or fishing lures!).
    — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 19 Mar. 2025
  • But there are more visible and indecent »Paris Game« leftovers: the enormous/obscene sportsbook ads on display at every other métro station.
    — Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
Definition of obscene

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