Synonyms for odious
- adjective
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All synonyms
Adjective
1. Detestable
detestable, hateful, heinous, abhorrent, execrable, abominable, loathsome, despicable, contemptible, repugnant, disgusting, horrid, invidious, obnoxious, repulsive, damnable, unsavory US, unsavoury UK, nasty, foul, scandalous, infamous, rotten
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
Scrubbing the toilets in the bar at the end of a Saturday night is an odious task.
Example sentences
- hateful What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow.
- heinous Fadil committed a heinous crime in the name of love.
- abhorrent The behaviour of the kids during the lesson was abhorrent.
- detestable And therefore the Lord slew him, because he did a detestable thing.
- hated I parted with my old car, though I hated to do so.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| odious | steady | |
| hateful | rising | |
| heinous | rising | |
| abhorrent | rising | |
| detestable | rising | |
| hated | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- foul1
- 5 letters
- nasty2, hated2
- 6 letters
- rotten2, horrid2
- 7 letters
- hateful2, heinous2
- 8 letters
- infamous3, unsavory4, damnable
- 9 letters
- obnoxious3, repulsive3, abhorrent3, repugnant3, loathsome2, unsavoury, invidious4, execrable4
- 10 letters
- disgusting3, despicable4, scandalous3, abominable5, detestable
- 12 letters
- contemptible4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (nasty2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- odieux
- Italiano
- odioso
- Español
- odioso
- Deutsch
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