Odiousness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Odious \O"di*ous\, a. [L. odiosus, from odium hatred: cf. F.
     odieux. See {Odium}.]
     1. Hateful; deserving or receiving hatred; as, an odious
        name, system, vice. "All wickedness will be most odious."
        --Sprat.
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              He rendered himself odious to the Parliament.
                                                    --Clarendon.
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     2. Causing or provoking hatred, repugnance, or disgust;
        offensive; disagreeable; repulsive; as, an odious sight;
        an odious smell. --Milton.
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              The odious side of that polity.       --Macaulay.
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     Syn: Hateful; detestable; abominable; disgusting; loathsome;
          invidious; repulsive; forbidding; unpopular.
          [1913 Webster] -- {O"di*ous`ly}. adv. --
          {O"di*ous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  odiousness
       n : the quality of being offensive [syn: {offensiveness}, {distastefulness}]