odium
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Odium \O"di*um\ ([=o]"d[i^]*[u^]m), n. [L., fr. odi I hate. Cf.
{Annoy}, {Noisome}.]
1. Intense hatred or dislike; loathing; abhorrence.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.
[1913 Webster]
She threw the odium of the fact on me. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
{Odium theologicum}[L.], the enmity peculiar to contending
theologians.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
I wish I had a cause to seek him there,
To oppose his hatred fully. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
You have . . . dexterously thrown some of the
odium of your polity upon that middle class
which you despise. --Beaconsfield.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "odium":
Anglophobia, Russophobia, abhorrence, abomination, anti-Semitism,
antipathy, aversion, bigotry, degradation, demotion, depluming,
despitefulness, detestation, discredit, disesteem, dishonor,
dislike, displuming, disrepute, execration, hate, hatred,
ignobility, ignominiousness, ignominy, infamousness, infamy,
ingloriousness, loathing, loss of honor, malevolence, malice,
malignity, misandry, misanthropy, misogyny, obloquy, opprobrium,
race hatred, racism, repugnance, shame, spite, spitefulness, stain,
vials of hate, vials of wrath, xenophobia
[email protected]