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odious.

Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈəʊ.di.əs/UK/ˈəʊ.d͡ʒəs/UK, obsolete/ˈoʊ.di.əs/US
  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.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English odious, from Old French odieus, from Latin odiōsus, from odium (“hate”).

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