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Synonyms for odium

Grammar : Noun
Spell : oh-dee-uhm
Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ di əm

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Définition of odium

Origin :
  • c.1600, "fact of being hated," from Latin odium "ill-will, hatred, grudge, animosity; offense, offensive conduct," related to odi "I hate" (infinitive odisse), from PIE root *od- "to hate" (cf. Armenian ateam "I hate," Old Norse atall, Old English atol "dire, horrid, loathsome"). Meaning "hatred, detestation" is from 1650s. Often in an extended form, e.g. odium theologicum "hatred which is proverbially characteristic of theological disputes" (1670s).
  • noun shame, dishonor
Example sentences :
  • The odium which attached to him when alive has not been removed by his death.
  • Extract from : « Philebus » by Plato
  • And the odium for all this fell especially on President Wilson.
  • Extract from : « Woodrow Wilson's Administration and Achievements » by Frank B. Lord and James William Bryan
  • I would like to say that I have no fear of the odium of the designation of iconoclast.
  • Extract from : « Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1906 » by Various
  • The appropriation of the money did not lessen the odium of the tax.
  • Extract from : « The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 (of 5) » by John Marshall
  • Another cause of odium had been Manourie's tale of his habit of reviling the King.
  • Extract from : « Sir Walter Ralegh » by William Stebbing
  • His faults, and even his virtues, contributed to this odium.
  • Extract from : « Constitutional History of England, Henry VII to George II, Volume II » by Henry Hallam
  • Jay was barred by the odium attaching to the treaty with Great Britain.
  • Extract from : « Alexander Hamilton » by Charles A. Conant
  • I hope it is fully cleared from the odium of both these imputations.
  • Extract from : « Thirty Years' View (Vol. II of 2) » by Thomas Hart Benton
  • As it was, they were insufficient to remove the odium with which rumour surrounded his name.
  • Extract from : « Darkness and Dawn » by Frederic W. Farrar
  • Wilson, as holding the purse strings, had to bear the odium of all this.
  • Extract from : « Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt » by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

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