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Odious vs Unpopular - What's the difference?

odious | unpopular | Synonyms |

Odious is a synonym of unpopular.


As adjectives the difference between odious and unpopular

is that odious is arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure while unpopular is lacking popularity.

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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    unpopular

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • lacking popularity

    • Antonyms

    * popular

    Derived terms

    {{der3, unpopularize , unpopularity , unpopularly}}