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Discreditable vs Odious - What's the difference?

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Discreditable is a related term of odious.


As adjectives the difference between discreditable and odious

is that discreditable is able to be discredited while odious is arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.

discreditable

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Able to be discredited.
  • Low, mean, bringing discredit.

    • odious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
    • Scrubbing the toilet is an odious task.
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    • , year=1818 , author=Mary Shelley , title=Frankenstein , chapter=6 citation , passage=He looks upon study as an odious fetter; his time is spent in the open air, climbing the hills or rowing on the lake.}}

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "odious" is often applied: debt, man, character, crime, task, comparison, woman, person, vice, word, act.

    Synonyms

    * detestable, hated, reviled, unsavory, contemptible, despicable

    Anagrams

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