About The Word Odium
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Odium
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What's The Definition Of Odium?
[n] hate coupled with disgust
[n] state of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior Synonyms | Synonyms for Odium: abhorrence | abomination | detestation | execration | loathing Related Terms | Find terms related to Odium: abhorrence | abomination | Anglophobia | antipathy | anti-Semitism | 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 | Russophobia | shame | spite | spitefulness | stain | vials of hate | vials of wrath | xenophobia See Also | disgrace | disgust | hate | hatred | ignominy | shame Odium In Webster's Dictionary \O"di*um\, n. [L., fr. odi I hate. Gr. {Annoy},
{Noisome}.]
1. Hatred; dislike; as, his conduct brought him into odium,
or, brought odium upon him.
2. The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.
She threw the odium of the fact on me. --Dryden.
{Odium theologicum}[L.], the enmity peculiar to contending
theologians.
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.
I wish I had a cause to seek him there, To
oppose his hatred fully. --Shak.
You have . . . dexterously thrown some of the
odium of your polity upon that middle class
which you despise. --Beaconsfield.
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