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Opprobrious vs Odious - What's the difference?

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Opprobrious is a related term of odious.


As adjectives the difference between opprobrious and odious

is that opprobrious is of or relating to opprobrium while odious is arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.

opprobrious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to opprobrium.
  • Tending to cause opprobrium.

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    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

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