Odium

3 definitions found

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

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  odium
       n 1: state of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior
       2: hate coupled with disgust [syn: {abhorrence}, {abomination},
           {detestation}, {execration}, {loathing}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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