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Odious vs Infandous - What's the difference?

odious | infandous |

As adjectives the difference between odious and infandous

is that odious is arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure while infandous is (obsolete) extremely odious.

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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    infandous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Extremely odious