odious.

Extremely unpleasant or morally offensive enough to provoke strong dislike.

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Words that belong together

• odious behaviour
• odious comparison

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The odious joke silenced the table rather than amusing it.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror / gothic. Forms: Comparative more odious; superlative most odious when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.