Odious vs Sarcastic - What's the difference?
odious | sarcastic |
Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
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Containing sarcasm.
(of a person) Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm.
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As adjectives the difference between odious and sarcastic
is that odious is arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure while sarcastic is sarcastic.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
*sarcastic
English
Alternative forms
* sarcastick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Her eyes slanted a little... and were sometimes full of fiery determination and sometimes dull and opaque. Her expression was never altogether amiable; was often, indeed, distinctly sullen, or, when she was animated, sarcastic .
Synonyms
* sarky (British) * snarkyDerived terms
* sarkySee also
* ironic * sardonic * snideReferences
* * * "sarcastic" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996) ----