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odiousness|ˈəʊdɪəsnɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being odious or hateful; repulsiveness; the quality of causing odium; hatefulness.
1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 644 Olyuer Deuyll, whom, for the odiousnesse of the name, y⊇ Kynge causyd it to be chaungyd, & to be named Daman. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. xvi. (1634) 86 Some men doe goe about with the odiousnesse thereof to bring God's truth in hatred. 1613Sherley Trav. Persia 71 A thing..of infinite odiousnesse. a1715Burnet Own Time (1766) I. 226 The odiousness of the crime. 1884Manch. Exam. 14 May 5/2 We say nothing of the impossibility of the task. It is enough to speak of its odiousness. |