O"di*ous (?), a. [L. odiosus, from odium hatred: cf. F. odieux. See Odium.]
1.
Hateful; deserving or receiving hatred; as, an odious name, system, vice.
"All wickedness will be most
odious."
Sprat.
He rendered himself odious to the Parliament.
Clarendon.
2.
Causing or provoking hatred, repugnance, or disgust; offensive; disagreeable; repulsive; as, an odious sight; an odious smell.
Milton.
The odious side of that polity.
Macaulay.
Syn. -- Hateful; detestable; abominable; disgusting; loathsome; invidious; repulsive; forbidding; unpopular.
-- O"di*ous`ly. adv. -- O"di*ous*ness, n.
© Webster 1913.