Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being odious; hatefulness; the quality that deserves or may excite hatred, disgust, or repugnance; the state of being hated or loathed: as, the odiousness of sin.
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- noun uncountable The condition of being
odious - noun countable An odious thing
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- noun the quality of being offensive
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Examples
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Indeed, the need in the business community for good and accurate information about the world situation is one of the reasons that, for all of the frequent odiousness of their editorial lines, papers like The Financial Times, the Economist, and the Wall Street Journal have very, very good reportorial divisions.
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Indeed, that was a problem early in the case when one of the attorneys withdrew precisely because of the crime's odiousness.
Joel Cohen: When Criminal Lawyers Go to the Edge Joel Cohen 2011
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And the reason is, his--I think that people may perceive a certain odiousness about his foreign-policy views.
Playing the Field 2011
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An audit commission could examine public debt for its legality, legitimacy, odiousness and social sustainability, providing grounds for its cancellation.
Democratic lessons on public debt from developing countries | Costas Lapavitsas 2011
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Indeed, that was a problem early in the case when one of the attorneys withdrew precisely because of the crime's odiousness.
Joel Cohen: When Criminal Lawyers Go to the Edge Joel Cohen 2011
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For odiousness, it somehow surpasses even this week's other Olympic-related news, that the government has forked out almost £750,000 on corporate hospitality tickets for the Games.
The London 2012 Olympic torch relay is following a path that inflames | Marina Hyde 2011
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While Harman may rank even worse than Specter or Lincoln on scales of odiousness, Harman's challenger Marcy Winograd is far more progressive than Joe Sestak (who beat Specter) and Bill Halter (Lincoln's surging foe).
Norman Solomon: When the Leaders Lead, the People Have Sorrow 2010
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But, odiousness of perceived audible bias at NPR notwithstanding, the Morning Edition segment on the presidential candidates 'forum at the Firefighters Union convention astounded me.
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"Then it wouldn't have this history of odiousness."
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One really shouldn't engage in atrocity one-upmanship, but it's arguable that compared with such more famous current and recent fugitives as Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, Karadzic, wins the odiousness sweepstakes.
Karadzic finally arrested for war crimes Stephen Retherford 2008
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