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Synonyms for odiousness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : oh-dee-uhs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ di əs

Définition of odiousness

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Anglo-French odious, from Old French odieus (late 14c., Modern French odieux) or directly from Latin odiosus "hateful, offensive, unpleasant," from odium "hatred" (see odium).
  • As in ugliness : noun nefariousness
Example sentences :
  • Spurius is better than a lecture from a philosopher, upon the odiousness of prejudice.
  • Extract from : « Aurelian » by William Ware
  • This will give him some idea of the odiousness of his crime, at least in the sight of Heaven.
  • Extract from : « The Young Man's Guide » by William A. Alcott
  • These two great lights will show the odiousness of darkness.
  • Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4) » by Richard Baxter
  • Therefore sure there is an intrinsical evil and odiousness in a lie.
  • Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4) » by Richard Baxter
  • The odiousness of hypocrisy is obscurely felt by the hypocrite himself.
  • Extract from : « Toilers of the Sea » by Victor Hugo
  • She must remember that the odiousness of passion is not yet evident to her children, as it is to her.
  • Extract from : « Household Education » by Harriet Martineau
  • I can't think of words unpleasant enough to describe the odiousness of that particular wardress into whose charge we were given.
  • Extract from : « Miss Million's Maid » by Bertha Ruck
  • Fourthly—the odiousness of all that bore the stamp of the old order, even though it were sound at bottom.
  • Extract from : « The Russian Turmoil » by Anton Ivanovich Denikin
  • But he was not driven from his purpose either by anger at the slight or by the odiousness of the insult.
  • Extract from : « The Danish History, Books I-IX » by Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Learned")
  • The odiousness of the corruption supposed in those papers excited a general and high indignation among the people.
  • Extract from : « Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson » by Thomas Jefferson

Antonyms for odiousness

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