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单词 odium
释义 odi·um
\ˈōdēəm\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Latin; akin to Latin odi I hate, Old English atol terrible, horrible, Old Norse atall fierce, loathsome, Greek odyssasthai to be angry, Armenian ateam I hate, and perhaps to Latin odor — more at odor
1.
 a. : the state or fact of being subjected to widespread or deep hatred and severe condemnation and often loathing or contempt usually as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy situation
  < these three artists had finally started losing their odium — Janet Flanner >
 b. : hatred and condemnation often marked by loathing or contempt and usually directed toward one guilty of or held responsible for some despicable act or situation : detestation
  < was compelled to … face the odium — John Buchan >
  < heaps odium on those responsible for the defeat — Americas >
  < would risk the odium that would come from overthrowing him — New York Times >
2.
 a.
  (1) : the qualities of something (as a despicable act or situation) that excite hatred and condemnation and often loathing or contempt : hatefulness
   < has endeavored to remove that odium — Elmer Davis >
  (2) : a mark of disgrace or reproach : stigma
   < the whole odium fell on the girl — Margaret Mead >
   < shift the burden and the odium of decision — G.B.Sansom >
 b. : great disrepute or infamy attached to something : opprobrium
  < prizefighting had not yet escaped the odium which clung to it throughout the bareknuckle days — F.R.Dulles >
  < no odium attached to those who didn't go to fooball games — John Reed >
  < eliminate the odium attaching to the word — William James >
3. : an object of widespread or deep hatred and condemnation
 < other odiums were abolished — Mark Harris >
Synonyms: see dishonor
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