Odious vs Hatred - What's the difference?
odious | hatred |
Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
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* {{quote-book
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Strong aversion; intense dislike; hateful regard; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as unpleasant, harmful or evil.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 34.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=8 * (David Crystal)
As an adjective odious
is arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.As a noun hatred is
strong aversion; intense dislike; hateful regard; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as unpleasant, harmful or evil.odious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Scrubbing the toilet is an odious task.
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, despicableAnagrams
*hatred
English
Noun
(en noun)- the very circumstance which renders it so innocent is what chiefly exposes it to the public hatred
citation, passage=It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.}}
- Fears and hatreds pay no attention to facts.
