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odium |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: odium n : hate coupled with disgust [syn: {abhorrence}, {abomination}, {detestation}, {execration}, {loathing}]
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