All 10 Uses of
odious
in
Catch-22
- Actually, he had risen already to ex-corporal, having shot through the ranks shortly after his transfer to Twenty-seventh Air Force Headquarters as a mail clerk and been busted right down to private for making odious audible comparisons about the commissioned officers for whom he worked.†
Chpt 12
- It was an odious, alien, distasteful name, that just did not inspire confidence.†
Chpt 21 *
- Those who spied drops of him on their limbs or torsos drew back with terror and revulsion, as though trying to shrink away from their own odious skins.†
Chpt 30
- It really is odious and certainly will offend your conscience.†
Chpt 40
- 'Odious,' Colonel Korn agreed amiably, and waited, watching Yossarian patiently with a glimmer of private delight.†
Chpt 40
- 'Odious,' Yossarian answered, staring up woodenly at the ceiling with just the back of his head resting on the pillow.†
Chpt 41
- I think "odious" is the word we decided on.†
Chpt 41
- It's an odious deal.'†
Chpt 42
- Danby, don't you think it's odious?†
Chpt 42
- 'Yes, I suppose it is odious,' he conceded with reluctance.†
Chpt 42
Definition:
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(odious) extremely unpleasant, disgusting, dislikable, or worthy of hate