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Inglorious vs Odious - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between inglorious and odious

is that inglorious is ignominious; disgraceful; not famous; obscure while odious is arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.

inglorious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Ignominious; disgraceful; not famous; obscure.
  • * , King John , act 5, sc. 1,
    • O inglorious league!
    Shall we, upon the footing of our land,
    Send fair-play orders and make compromise,
    Insinuation, parley and base truce
    To arms invasive?
  • * 1818 , , Frankenstein , ch. 6,
    • Resolved to pursue no inglorious career, he turned his eyes toward the East.
  • * 1906 , , White Fang , ch. 4,
    • He cast about in his mind for a way to beat a retreat not too inglorious .

    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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  • * {{quote-book
    • , 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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