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o·di·um

The state or quality of being odious.
Strong dislike, contempt, or aversion.
A state of disgrace resulting from hateful or detestable conduct.

[Latin, hatred. See od- in Indo-European Roots.]

odium

\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.

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.

odium

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

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