| 单词 | odious |
| 释义 | odious (once / 840 pages) adj If something is odious it's hateful. If you become a historian of slavery, you'll learn all the details of that odious trade. Odious is from the Latin noun odium, which means hatred. It is a strong word, so don't call someone odious unless you want to accuse someone of being loathsome or vile. Actions can also be called odious. A typical use is Shakespeare's in Othello: "You told a lie, an odious damned lie." Some synonyms are hateful, contemptible, detestable, and abominable. WORD FAMILYodious: odiously, odiousness+/odium: odious, odiums USAGE EXAMPLESHis views on race were once sufficiently odious for a Senate committee to deny him a federal judgeship. Seattle Times(Dec 10, 2016) The other two examples demonstrate only that some odious characters admire Trump. Wall Street Journal(Dec 09, 2016) To restore America to greatness, Trump is assembling a group of odious men. Salon(Nov 24, 2016) adj unequivocally detestable "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke Syn abominable, detestable, execrable hateful evoking or deserving hatred |
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