odi·um /ˈodiəm/
憎惡,討厭,惡評
O·di·um n.
1. Intense hatred or dislike; loathing; abhorrence.
2. The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.
She threw the odium of the fact on me. --Dryden.
3. The state of being intensely hated as the result of some despicable action; opprobrium; disrepute; discredit; reproach mingled with contempt; as, his conduct brought him into odium, or, brought odium upon him.
Odium theologicum , the enmity peculiar to contending theologians.
Syn: -- Hatred; abhorrence; detestation; antipathy.
Usage: -- Odium, Hatred. We exercise hatred; we endure odium. The former has an active sense, the latter a passive one. We speak of having a hatred for a man, but not of having an odium toward him. A tyrant incurs odium. The odium of an offense may sometimes fall unjustly upon one who is innocent.
I wish I had a cause to seek him there,
To oppose his hatred fully. --Shak.
You have . . . dexterously thrown some of the odium of your polity upon that middle class which you despise. --Beaconsfield.
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odium
n 1: state of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior
2: hate coupled with disgust [syn: abhorrence, abomination,
detestation, execration, loathing]